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Instrument for measuring height or elevation
A hypsometer is an instrument for measuring height or elevation. Two different principles may be used: trigonometry and atmospheric pressure. The English
Hypsometer
Instrument used to determine the height of an object above a certain point
of the International System of Units Flight instruments Flight level Hypsometer Jason-1 and Ocean Surface Topography Mission (Jason-2) are satellite missions
Altimeter
Colombian lawyer and scientist (1768–1816)
naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor (he created the first hypsometer), who was executed by orders of General Pablo Morillo during the Spanish
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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hypsometer or hypsometry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hypsometric is a scientific term relating to the measurement of heights. The term
Hypsometric
Instrument used to measure the inclination of a surface relative to local gravity
to the products during the shipping process. Grade (slope) Goniometer Hypsometer Liquid capacitive inclinometers Theodolite Tiltmeter Traverse and elevation
Inclinometer
Simple forestry tool for rough measurement of tree trunk diameter
tree trunk diameter at breast height. The tool very often includes a hypsometer scale to estimate height as well. It looks much like an everyday yardstick
Biltmore_stick
Position along a vertical direction above or below a given vertical datum
Altimeter Bathymetry Benchmark (surveying) Depth gauge Depth sounding Hypsometer Topography Tide gauge Water level (device) Many physical phenomena are
Vertical_position
Genus of trees
the tree—a common error made by the users employing only clinometers/hypsometers when measuring height.[citation needed] Maximum circumferences for the
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hyps- height Greek ὕψι, ὕψιστος, ὕψος (húpsos), ὑψοῦ, ὑψόθεν hypsography, hypsometer, hypsophobia hys- hog Greek ὗς (hûs), ὕαινα (húaina) hyena, hyenoid hyster-
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/H–O
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via either absorption or adsorption from the surrounding environment. hypsometer A scientific instrument used to measure height or elevation, either by
Glossary_of_meteorology
Geographical measurement
chemicals, and potential for water mixing. Bathymetry Hypsometric equation Hypsometer, an instrument used in hypsometry, which estimates the elevation by boiling
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2002 documentary film by Jeffrey Blitz
spelled include: encephalon, desecration, mercenary, Darjeeling, and hypsometer. Kadakia would go on to graduate from UC Berkeley. On July 3, 2011, he
Spellbound_(2002_film)
(and sometimes inclusive of depths below the reference surface as well). hypsometer Any instrument used to measure the height or elevation of an object above
Glossary of geography terms (A–M)
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estimated using an instrument called a clinometer, or measured using a laser hypsometer or releskop. Age is calculated using an instrument called an increment
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Ways in which length, distance or range can be measured
indirect by runtime measurement of electromagnetic waves in the GHz-range Hypsometer Interferometer Macrometer Odometer Position sensor Positioning system
Length_measurement
British explorer (1898–1977)
summit: Odell had brought a thermometer, and no doubt sighed for the hypsometer. From it we found that the air temperature was 20 °F (−7 °C) but in the
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entire route and measured the altitude with aneroid barometers and a hypsometer. They were now in known territory, as Edward Colborne Baber had already
William_Gill_(explorer)
Eugène Bourdon – Bourdon_gauge (manometer) 1849 — Henri Victor Regnault – Hypsometer 1864 — Henri Becquerel suggests an optical pyrometer 1866 — Thomas Clifford
Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology
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All Latin and Greek roots beginning with H
hyps- height Greek ὕψι, ὕψιστος, ὕψος (húpsos), ὑψοῦ, ὑψόθεν hypsography, hypsometer, hypsophobia hys- hog Greek ὗς (hûs), ὕαινα (húaina) hyena, hyenoid hyster-
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/H
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French politician, physicist, art collector, editor and writer
one of the founder's of the Société géologique de France. He designed a hypsometer, a barometer, the hypso-thermometer, the hydrolocometer (underwater),
François_Walferdin
French physicist (1810–1878)
properties of matter. He designed sensitive thermometers, hygrometers, hypsometers and calorimeters, and measured the specific heats of many substances
Henri_Victor_Regnault
Finnish forester and academic
inventory, Lönnroth developed a height measurement instrument known as a hypsometer and a device for measuring tree diameter, the dendrometer. In addition
Erik_Johannes_Lönnroth
Historical museum in Pavia, Italy
Silbermann device, a Foucault pendulum, a Thomson ammeter, a Regnault hypsometer as well an Atwood machine, various coils, resistors, capacitors, electromagnets
University History Museum, University of Pavia
University_History_Museum,_University_of_Pavia
Swiss pharmaceutical scientist
history, social observation, and the natural sciences. In Faustmanns Hypsometer (2022), he uses a historical instrument from his own collection to explore
Gerd_Folkers
overcome by using a laser rangefinder in conjunction with a clinometer, or a hypsometer, which incorporates both devices into a single unit. A laser rangefinder
Tree_height_measurement
Swiss mountain guide
Temple from Moraine Lake and made determination of the altitude with the Hypsometer ... on all the peaks I had the kind interest and assistance of Christian
Christian Kaufmann (alpine guide)
Christian_Kaufmann_(alpine_guide)
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Biblical
spike or ear of corn
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The Moon
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Hindu
Defending men
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Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Victorious; A Bramhi Medicine
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Egyptian
, a chief of the signet-bearers.
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Hebrew
(צוּף) Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsuwph, TZUF means "flow, overflow," hence "honey as dropping." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of Elkanah.
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Alert, Awake, Watchful, Sun, Another name for agii
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Scottish
Scottish name MAIGHDLIN means "magnificent."
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Golden, Lovely
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Muslim
Freedom, Liberty
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n.
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.