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HYPSOMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypsometry mean?
• HYPSOMETRY (noun)
The noun HYPSOMETRY has 1 sense:
1. measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
Familiarity information: HYPSOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hypsography; hypsometry
Hypernyms ("hypsometry" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
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