altometer
English
Etymology
From Latin altus (“high”) + -meter. By surface analysis, alto- + meter.
Noun
altometer (plural altometers)
- A theodolite.
References
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Altometer”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
- “altometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.