hypsometer

hypsometer has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
• n.. an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation