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altimeter

instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level
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Summary

altimeter is a flight monitoring device[1]. altimeter draws 2,022 Wikipedia views per month (flight monitoring device category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: meteorological instrument[3]
  • Has use: altimetry[4]
  • Commons category: Altimeters[5]
  • Commons gallery: Altimeter[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

altimeter has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] altimeter is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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