altimetre
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin altus (“high”) + -metre.
Noun[edit]
altimetre (plural altimetres)
- (nonstandard and now largely obsolete) Alternative form of altimeter
- 1919, W. Crispin Sheppard, Don Hale with the Flying Squadron[1]:
- To fire this stationary weapon the pilot would have no need to remove his hand from the controls. The instruments consisted of a compass, an altimetre to register the height, a speed indicator and several others. Then there was a map in a roller case.