Definition of Pressure Altimeter

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Pressure Altimeter

The term 'Pressure Altimeter' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' An aneroid barometer calibrated to indicate altitude in feet instead of units of pressure. It is read accurately only in a standard atmosphere and when the correct altimeter setting is used'.

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