capacitance altimeter
capacitance altimeter
[kə′pas·ə·təns al′tim·əd·ər] (engineering)
An absolute altimeter which determines height of an aircraft aboveground by measuring the variations in capacitance between two conductors on the aircraft when the ground is near enough to act as a third conductor.
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