hypsometricadj.
/hɪpsəʊˈmɛtrɪk/ = hypsometrical adj. hypsometric curve = hypsographic curve.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [adjective] > height or altitude
altimetrical1650
hypsometric1845
hypsometrical1855
altimetric1865
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > hypsograph or clinograph
hypsographic curve1895
hypsometric curve1924
clinographic curve1935
clinograph1937
hypsograph1937
1845 W. D. Cooley tr. Parrot World Surveyed 54 The foregoing is taken from the hypsometric tables of Lindenau, the accuracy of which however seems liable to some doubt.
1874 J. D. Whitney Barometric Hypsometry Pref. The accuracy of the barometer as a hypsometric instrument may be very considerably increased.
1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans ii. 28 If the whole earth be divided into square kilometres and these are arranged in a series according to their height above sea-level, the well-known..hypsometric curve of the earth's surface is obtained.
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. xxi. 531 A hypsometric curve obtained in this way permits comparison of forms of drainage basins of different sizes and altitudes.
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adj.1845