Concept information
PREFERRED TERM
Created: 2020-08-31T13:05:15
DEFINITION
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A radar altimeter (RA), radio altimeter (RALT), electronic altimeter, or reflection altimeter measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft by timing how long it takes a beam of radio waves to travel to ground, reflect, and return to the craft.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_altimeter
Created: 8/31/20
BROADER CONCEPT
- altimètre (fr)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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Arabic
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Chinese
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Czech
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English
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German
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Italian
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Radioaltimetri
Created: 2020-12-04T11:26:42Z
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Spanish
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Turkish
URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27657add
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