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单词 hypsometry
释义 hypsometry|hɪpˈsɒmɪtrɪ|
[f. hypsometer: see -metry. Cf. F. hypsométrie.]
The measuring of altitudes; the science which treats of this; also, the subject of this science, the condition of a part of the earth's surface in reference to height above (or depth below) the level of the sea.
1570Dee Math. Pref. a iij b, How High or depe, aboue or vnder the leuel of the measurers standing, anything is..called Hypsometrie.1847in Craig.1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) v. §283 That part of the extra-tropical North Atlantic..is peculiar as to its hypsometry.1861–3De Schlagintweit Sci. Miss. Ind. II. (title), General Hypsometry of India, the Himalaya, and Western Thibet.1874J. D. Whitney (title) Barometric Hypsometry.
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