variometer

IPA: vˈɛriˈɑmʌtɝ

Examples of "variometer" in Sentences

Readings from altimeter, variometer, airspeed indicator, attitude indicator — those were real.
The variometer emits an audible signal, and pilots can tell by the frequency and pitch how fast they're climbing or descending.
The telegraph sending keys, field and battery switch, dry battery, variometer and antenna reel are the only units included inside the fuselage.
Potentiometer, variometer, variocoupler, radio frequency, amplification, loop aërials, audion and grids -- no, I am not saying these words to show off.
The then Editor of QST wrote: "We have tested most of the circuits used by the Britishers and find them one and all decidedly inferior to our standard American regenerative circuit using variometer tuning in secondary and tertiary circuits.
My eyes wander up two entries, skipping over the prefixes vari- and vario- (as in variometer) to the delightful word, vara n AmerSp. fr Span., pole, fr L., forked pole, fr fem of varas bent, bow-legged (1831) : a Texas unit of length equal to 33.33 inches (84.66 centimeters).