An altimeter is technical jargon often used in aviation, mountaineering, and meteorology.

Technical Term

Accuracy is vital when using an altimeter as errors can affect safety in activities such as flying.

Precision Critical

Altimeter readings vary with atmospheric pressure; understanding context is essential.

Context Sensitive

 maintenance crew we also have the science proof science crew of course are mainly responsible for operating the science instruments that gather this data that goes out to inform the world about the state of the polar ice sheets and those instruments are laser altimeter which measure the changing

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 Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed its first flight, the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet. What's incredible about the Ingenuity craft  that this is the first time

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 turbines, working with kerosene. Harness, parachute. My only instruments are an altimeter and time. I know I have about eight minutes fuel. So I just check before it's finished.