Definitions for altimeters

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altimeters al·tim·e·ter

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

IPA: /ælˈtɪm ɪ tər, ˈæl təˌmi tər/

Altimeters is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 962 anagrams from letters in altimeters (aeeilmrstt).

Definitions for altimeters

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 altimeters

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

Examples for altimeters

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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