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Hypsometer
Hypsometer Hyp*som"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? height + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring heights by observation of
barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by
ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a
vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed
thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
Hypsometric
Hypsometric Hyp`so*met"ric, Hypsometrical Hyp`so*met"ric*al,
a.
Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
Hypsometrical
Hypsometric Hyp`so*met"ric, Hypsometrical Hyp`so*met"ric*al,
a.
Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
Hypsometry
Hypsometry Hyp*som"e*try, n.
That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with
the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference
to the sea level, or relatively.
Hypsopsetta guttulataTurbot Tur"bot, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,
and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly
esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to
forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish
with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock
fluke.
(b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or
summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the
diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.
(c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
(d) The trigger fish.
Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.
Meaning of Hypso from wikipedia
- v t e In Gr**** mythology,
Hypso, from
Pellene in Achaea, was the
mother of the
Argonauts Amphion and
Asterius (Deucalion) by Hyperasius, son of Pelles...
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Hypsos is a Gr****
philosophical concept comparable to the
modern concept of the sublime, or a
moment that
brings oral
speech to an
astonishing and monumental...
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Scheme Trope Five
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- accounts,
Asterius and his
brother Amphion were
called the
children of
Hypso while Hippasus was said to be
their father. Pausanias, 2.15.5
Barber 1991...
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counted among the
Argonauts that
sailed to Colchis. In two
separate accounts,
Hypso was
called their mother while Hippasus was said to be
their father. Amphion...
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Scheme Trope Five
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- of the
unerring javelin, and
Amphion renowned in the
close fight, whom
Hypso at one
birth brought forth...", this
Deucalion was also
called Asterius...
