| Altimeter (n.) An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Thesaurus Entries altimeter, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry, cadastration, cartography, chorography, craniometry, geodesy, geodetics, goniometry, hypsography, hypsometer, hypsometry, mensuration, metrology, oceanography, planimetry, psychometrics, psychometry, stereometry, surveying, topography |