Usually means: Instrument measuring altitude using pressure.
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  1. pressure altimeter: Merriam-Webster
  2. pressure altimeter: Wiktionary
  3. pressure altimeter: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. pressure altimeter: Dictionary.com
  5. Pressure altimeter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. pressure altimeter: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pressure altimeter)

noun:  (aviation) A device which measures the altitude by performing measurement of the ambient pressure and comparing it against a reference pressure at a known altitude, to give a pressure altitude.

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