pressure altimeter

noun

Meteorology.

1. an aneroid barometer adapted for measuring altitude by converting the indicated atmospheric pressure to altitude according to a standard relationship.

Example Sentences

Today’s report also acknowledges Polish responsibility, saying the division of labor in the cockpit was unclear, the crew didn’t respond to automatic warnings and failed to measure the plane’s altitude with a pressure altimeter in poor visibility conditions.

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The most immediate cause of the crash, the report found, was the crew’s “failure to monitor altitude by means of a pressure altimeter during a non-precision approach” — they descended too far below the fog without realizing it — and then failed to heed an automated warning that they pull up.

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