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The altimeter
noun
An apparatus for measuring altitude.
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The altimeter kept beeping.
The altimeter on my watch read over 10,600ft as we crested the snow-covered peaks.
The altimeter senses less air weight and reports a higher altitude.
The altimeter transmits a short pulse of microwave radiation with known power toward the sea surface.
The altimeter system, measuring the time it takes light pulses to travel to a reflecting object and back to the satellite, will calculate the precise elevations and positions of ice sheets, icebergs, clouds and land formations.
The Altimeter report identified other challenges as well.
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This state-of-the-art altimeter sets the standard for future altimeter missions as it is significantly more accurate than any of the other altimeters that have been launched to date.
In addition, the altimeter-derived product used in this study has been successfully used to trace surface circulation and calculate eddy statistics in the Red Sea26, 49.
Peet invites the writer to test the altimeters.
The instrument group, headed by Rudolph Duncan, began its investigation with the assumption that the altimeters had failed.
For hours the test continued with various tests, but the altimeters did not vary from their proper readings.
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