climb indicator

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an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1935–40

The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Make a batch of these rum balls, climb into a onesie, and let your favorite movie do the rest.
Carla Hall’s Christmas Day Treat: Rum Balls|Carla Hall|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But those few protestors were an indicator of how much has changed since the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
Aging Cuban Exiles And Their Lawmakers Bypassed by White House|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a country with a constitution that values secularism, religion is still the prime indicator of morality and goodness.
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism|Regina Lizik|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Republicans have the highest hill to climb but greatest opportunity.
Is This the Beginning of the End for Blacks and Dems?|Keli Goff|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
I made two attempts to climb up, but both times slipped back.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
It was held to be certain death to climb to its summit, and foolhardy in the extreme to go far up its sides.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Climb up the hill to the old fort and look at the little wriggling gold snakes, and watch the lizards sun themselves.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin