hypsometry

American

[hip-som-i-tree] / hɪpˈsɒm ɪ tri /

noun

vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.

hypsometry British

/ hɪpˈsɒmɪtrɪ /

noun

Also called: hypsography. (in mapping) the establishment of height above sea level

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hypsometry Scientific

/ hĭp-sŏm′ĭ-trē /

The measurement of elevation relative to sea level.
Also called hypsography

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Etymology

Origin of hypsometry

First recorded in 1560–70; hypso- + -metry

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What a deplorable state for the science of hypsometry to be in! which the Novara ought to put an end to.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

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