The airplane’s altimeter didn’t seem to be working.
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Altimeter
//ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ//
Synonyms for "altimeter" (6 found)
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Related words (3)
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48 translations across 36 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բարձրաչափ noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Asturian
1 entries- altímetru noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- altimetr noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Catalan
1 entries- altímetre noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 测高仪 noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Czech
1 entries- výškoměr noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Danish
2 entries- altimeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- højdemåler noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Dutch
1 entries- hoogtemeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Esperanto
2 entries- altmezurilo noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- altometro noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Faroese
1 entries- hæddarmátari noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Finnish
1 entries- korkeusmittari noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
French
1 entries- altimètre noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Galician
1 entries- altímetro noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Georgian
1 entries- ალტიმეტრი noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
German
2 entries- Altimeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- Höhenmesser noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Greek
1 entries- υψόμετρο noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Hungarian
1 entries- altiméter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Icelandic
1 entries- hæðarmælir noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Interlingua
1 entries- altimetro noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Irish
1 entries- airdemhéadar noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Italian
1 entries- altimetro noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Japanese
1 entries- 高度計 noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Korean
1 entries- 고도계 noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Macedonian
1 entries- висиномер noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Malay
2 entries- altimeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- jangka tinggi noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bilindayîpîv noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- altimeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- høydemåler noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- altimeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- høgdemålar noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Persian
3 entries- ارتفاعسنج noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- بلنداسنج noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- فرازیاب noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Polish
1 entries- wysokościomierz noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Portuguese
1 entries- altímetro noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Russian
2 entries- альтиме́тр noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- высотоме́р noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vȉsinomjēr noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- àltimetar noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Spanish
1 entries- altímetro noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Swedish
2 entries- altimeter noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- höjdmätare noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Turkish
2 entries- altimetre noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
- yükseklikölçer noun (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
You will find the altimeter on the left side of the cockpit.
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The pilot reads her current altitude from the altimeter.
Source: tatoeba (13203850)
For that reason, if you do any mountain climbing, allow a generous margin of error of extra altitude—not only for possible altimeter error, but also for downdrafts that are particularly prevalent if high winds are encountered.
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