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radar altimeter

device which measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft
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radar altimeter

Summary

radar altimeter is an altimeter[1]. It draws 385 Wikipedia views per month (altimeter category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • radar altimeter's instance of is recorded as altimeter[3].
  • radar altimeter is a type of appliance[4].
  • radar altimeter is a type of aircraft component[5].
  • radar altimeter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Radar altimeters[6].
  • radar altimeter's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].

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Definition and Type

radar altimeter's instance of is recorded as altimeter[3]. Recorded subclass of include appliance[4] and aircraft component[5].

Why It Matters

radar altimeter draws 385 Wikipedia views per month (altimeter category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Schematic → Radaraltimetry.jpg, Radar Altimetry2.jpg, Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569817878) (cropped).jpg
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Radar altimeters
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P5555]]: Bell telephone magazine (1945) (14569817878) (cropped).jpg"
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