Altimetry
the science of measuring alt-tudes, as by altimeters.
historical examples
-ssociated words: altimetry, altimeter, hypsometry, hypsometer.
putnam’s word book louis a. flemming
noun
the science of measuring alt-tudes, as with an altimeter
n.
1690s, from medieval latin altimetria, from latin alti- “high” (see old) + greek -metria (see -metry).
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