altimetry

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altimetry

noun altimetries

  1. countable, uncountable The science of measuring altitude. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment. The Board has been unable to determine th

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noun the science of measuring altitude

Portuguêsaltimetria
Françaisaltimétrie
Italianoaltimetria
Ελληνικάαλτιμετρία altimetría

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@misc{altimetry_2026,
  title = {altimetry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/altimetry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}