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altimetries

altimetries is the plural of altimetry.

Meaning of altimetry

Noun

altimetry (countable and uncountable, plural altimetries)

  1. 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...1972 April 14, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2b Probable Cause”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Southern Airways, Inc. DC-9, N97S, Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia, November 14...

Questions about altimetries

What is altimetries the plural of?
Altimetries is the plural of altimetry.

Words near altimetries in the dictionary

  1. altimetres
  2. altimetric
  3. altimetrical
  4. altimetrically
  5. altimetrics
  6. altimetries
  7. altimetry
  8. altimontane
  9. altin
  10. Altina
  11. altincar

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