Usually means: Measurement of altitude from distance.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. altimetry: Merriam-Webster
  2. altimetry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. altimetry: Collins English Dictionary
  4. altimetry: Wordnik
  5. altimetry: Wiktionary
  6. altimetry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. altimetry: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Altimetry, altimetry: Dictionary.com
  9. Altimetry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Altimetry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. altimetry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Altimetry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. altimetry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. altimetry: FreeDictionary.org
  15. altimetry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. altimetry: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (altimetry)

▸ noun:  The science of measuring altitude.

Similar:
bathymetry, barometry, aerometry, geomorphometry, thalassography, bathygraphy, geothermometry, geobarometry, clinometry, geospeedometry, more...

Opposite:
depth measurement, bathymetry

Types:
barometric, altimetric, radar, sonic, doppler, microwave, laser, infrared, more...

Adjectives:
satellite, geosat, laser, airborne, barometric, geodetic, dense, spaceborne, direct, precise, venus

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Similar:
bathymetry, barometry, aerometry, geomorphometry, thalassography, bathygraphy, geothermometry, geobarometry, clinometry, geospeedometry, more...

Opposite:
depth measurement, bathymetry

Types:
barometric, altimetric, radar, sonic, doppler, microwave, laser, infrared, more...

Adjectives:
satellite, geosat, laser, airborne, barometric, geodetic, dense, spaceborne, direct, precise, venus



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