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Altimeter
Altimeter Al*tim"e*ter, n. [LL. altimeter; altus high +
metrum, Gr. ?, measure: cf. F. altim[`e]tre.]
An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant,
etc. --Knight.
Meaning of Altimeter from wikipedia
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instrument is a type of
altimeter called a
pressure altimeter or
barometric altimeter. A
pressure altimeter is the
altimeter found in most aircraft, and...
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instrument is a type of
altimeter called a
pressure altimeter or
barometric altimeter. A
pressure altimeter is the
altimeter found in most aircraft, and...
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Altimeter setting is the
value of the
atmospheric pressure used to
adjust the
scale of a
pressure altimeter so that it
indicates the
height of an aircraft...
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Altimeter Capital is an
American investment firm
based in Boston, M****achusetts and
Menlo Park, California. The firm
focuses on
technology investments...
- A
radar altimeter (RA), also
called a
radio altimeter (RALT),
electronic altimeter,
reflection altimeter, or low-range
radio altimeter (LRRA), measures...
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determined by a
pressure altimeter using the
International Standard Atmosphere. It is
expressed in
hundreds of feet or metres. The
altimeter setting used is the...
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radio waves used
permit the
altimeter to
automatically correct for
varying delays in the ionosphere.
Spaceborne radar altimeters have
proven to be superb...
- horizon.
Visual flight rules (VFR)
require an
airspeed indicator, an
altimeter, and a comp**** or
other suitable magnetic direction indicator. Instrument...
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pressure altimeters (the most
basic and
common type of
altimeter) are
essentially the same instrument, but used for
different purposes. An
altimeter is intended...
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Mountain and a
known problem with
errors in
reading the drum
pointer altimeter of the aircraft. The
final report by the
Federal Aircraft Accidents Inquiry...
