pressure altimeter

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pressure altimeter [′presh·ər al′tim·əd·ər]

(engineering)

A highly refined aneroid barometer that precisely measures the pressure of the air at the altitude an aircraft is flying, and converts the pressure measurement to an indication of height above sea level according to a standard pressure-altitude relationship. Also known as barometric altimeter.

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