Hyp-sōm'e-try, n.
[Gr. ὕψος, height, and μέτρον, measure.] The science which treats of the measurement of heights in any other manner than by triangulation, as by means of the barometer, or by boiling water. Guyot.
[Gr. ὕψος, height, and μέτρον, measure.] The science which treats of the measurement of heights in any other manner than by triangulation, as by means of the barometer, or by boiling water. Guyot.