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Hypsometer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
  2. 2
    an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation wordnet

Etymology

From hypso- + -meter.

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