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Definition: Hypsometer |
HypsometerNoun1. An altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hypsometer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Etymology: Hypsometer \Hyp*som"e*ter\, noun. [Greek expression height -meter.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | An instrument for measuring the elevation above sea level by determining the atmospheric pressure through observing the boiling point of water. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 43. Buchanan hypsometer - this instrument is meant to determine altitude by relating the temperature of the boiling point of water to altitude. As altitude increases, the boiling point decreases. The instrument shown uses a method developed by Regnault and was used by John Young Buchanan in 1899. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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hypsometer | 4 |
building hypsometer | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "hypsometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 沸点"压计. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 측 계. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ypsometerhay гіпсометр. (various references) máy đo độ cao. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hypsometer": hypsometers. (additional references) | |
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"Hypsometer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hissometer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "hypsometer" (pronounced 'Hyp*som"e*ter'): Abutter, Acater, Accelerometer, Accipiter, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Acidimeter, Acoumeter, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aerometer, Aflutter, Aglitter, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleurometer, Algometer, Alkalimeter, Allotter, Altimeter, Altometer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angulometer, Animater, Anthracometer, Antimeter, Antitrochanter, Apomecometer, Apporter, Araeometer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Areometer, Arithmometer, Astrolater, Astrometer, Astrophotometer, Atmidometer, Atmometer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-m-o-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: mesophyte. | |
-2 letters: serotype, smothery, theorems. | |
-3 letters: emoters, eyeshot, eyespot, heptose, heteros, meteors, metopes, mothers, mothery, peyotes, pothers, prythee, remotes, retypes, smother, stomper, strophe, tempehs, tempers, theorem, thermes, thermos, thorpes, threeps, trompes, typhose. | |
-4 letters: emoter, emotes, empery, ephors, ethers, heresy, hereto, heroes, herpes, hetero, homers, hopers, horsey, horste, merest, meteor, meters, metope, metres, metros, mopers. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-m-o-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: hypsometers. | |
+2 letters: embryophytes, psychrometer. | |
+3 letters: dermatophytes, hymenopterans, hymenopterons, hymenopterous, psychometries, psychrometers, spermatophyte. | |
+4 letters: hypermetropias, hypermodernist, petrochemistry, psychrometries, pyrheliometers, spermatophytes. | |
+5 letters: hypermetabolism, hypermobilities, hypermodernists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 79 70 73 6F 6D 65 74 65 72 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... -.--. .--. ... --- -- . - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01111001 01110000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H y p s o m e t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0079 0070 0073 006F 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42918285817971867184 |
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