altimetry
noun
altimetry is a noun meaning “The science of measuring altitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-L-T-I-M-E-T-R-Y and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of altimetry is altimetries.
What does altimetry mean?
noun
- 1
The science of measuring altitude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce altimetry?
Altimetry has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of altimetry
- altimetries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is altimetry?
Altimetry appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Altimetry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the science of measuring altitude:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | altimétrie |
| Portuguese | altimetria |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does altimetry come from?
From alti(tude) + -metry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).