hypsometry
noun
vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
hypsometrical
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a word derived from
hypsometry.
Example Sentences
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To ensure accuracy he went through a course of instruction in the use of instruments, learning to make, test, and reduce astronomical and hypsometrical observations, and acquired proficiency in the then difficult art of photography.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
The water of the hypsometrical apparatus boiled at 185° Fahrenheit, fifty feet above the level of the lake, the temperature of the air being 76° and the hour 10 a.m.
From An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
When he went to Alaska he carried with him all the hypsometrical instruments that were used in the ascent as well as his personal climbing equipment.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Hudson Stuck
The hypsometrical apparatus, a device used for measuring heights by means of boiling-point thermometers, which had been specially constructed for work at great elevations.
From An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
It is well to note that the final hypsometrical computations fully affirm my discovery that in Mount Haystack we have another mountain of five thousand feet altitude.
From Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5 by Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop
