| 单词 |
hypsometry |
| 释义 |
hypsometry|hɪpˈsɒmɪtrɪ| [f. hypsometer: see -metry. Cf. F. hypsométrie.] The measuring of altitudes; the science which treats of this; also, the subject of this science, the condition of a part of the earth's surface in reference to height above (or depth below) the level of the sea.
1570Dee Math. Pref. a iij b, How High or depe, aboue or vnder the leuel of the measurers standing, anything is..called Hypsometrie. 1847in Craig. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) v. §283 That part of the extra-tropical North Atlantic..is peculiar as to its hypsometry. 1861–3De Schlagintweit Sci. Miss. Ind. II. (title), General Hypsometry of India, the Himalaya, and Western Thibet. 1874J. D. Whitney (title) Barometric Hypsometry. |

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