Definitions for altimeter

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altimeter al·tim·e·ter

Spelling: [al-tim-i-ter, al-tuh-mee-ter]

IPA: /ælˈtɪm ɪ tər, ˈæl təˌmi tər/

Altimeter is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 413 anagrams from letters in altimeter (aeeilmrtt).

Definitions for altimeter

noun

1. a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures.
2. any device used for the same purpose that operates by some other means, as by radio waves.

Origin of altimeter

First recorded in 1820-30; alti- + -meter

Examples for altimeter

That was the altimeter, which registered twenty-five thousand feet.

When he checked the altimeter again, it registered just over 30,000 feet.

Already it was very cold, though my altimeter only marked nine thousand.

A glance at his altimeter showed a scant eighteen hundred now.

He glanced up at the altimeter needle, which was sliding by the 24,000-foot mark.

Some trackers come with a built in altimeter to keep you honest on the number of stairs you take each day.

A tracker with an altimeter will give you a far more accurate picture of calories-burned.

Dazed by the suddenness of the calamity, Carr turned to look at the altimeter.

Smithy glanced past him at the lighted instruments and found the altimeter.

Danny O'Rourke was watching his altimeter sharply as he neared the ground.