hypsometricaladj.
Pertaining to hypsometry or the hypsometer; relating to the measurement of altitudes.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [adjective] > height or altitude
altimetrical1650
hypsometric1845
hypsometrical1855
altimetric1865
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Hypsometricus,..hypsometrical.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark xi. 99 Dr. Spruce..took meteorological and hypsometrical observations throughout the vast region he traversed.
1880 Nature 26 Feb. 391/1 The hypsometrical distribution of the species is carefully given.
1884 American 8 379 Our hypsometrical knowledge of the..Catskill Mountain region.
Derivatives
hypsoˈmetrically adv. by hypsometrical methods; with the hypsometer.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [adverb] > of height or altitude
hypsometrically1849
altimetrically1893
1849 E. J. Sabine tr. A. von Humboldt Views of Nature 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.
1895 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 503 Père Roblet..had..surveyed astronomically and hypsometrically the whole of the interior highland province.
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