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hypsoˈmetrical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Pertaining to hypsometry or the hypsometer; relating to the measurement of altitudes.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hypsometricus,..hypsometrical. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark xi. 99 Dr. Spruce..took meteorological and hypsometrical observations throughout the vast region he traversed. 1880Nature XXI. 391 The hypsometrical distribution of the species is carefully given. 1884American VIII. 379 Our hypsometrical knowledge of the..Catskill Mountain region.
Hence hypsoˈmetrically adv., by hypsometrical methods; with the hypsometer.
1849E. J. Sabine tr. Humboldt's Aspects Nat. II. 320, I have constantly..urged, that the isthmus [of Panama] should be examined hypsometrically throughout its entire length, and more especially where..it joins the continent of South America. 1895Edin. Rev. Oct. 503 Père Roblet..had..surveyed astronomically and hypsometrically the whole of the interior highland province. |