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Hypsometer
Hypsometer Hyp*som"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? height + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
Hypsometric
Hypsometric Hyp`so*met"ric, Hypsometrical Hyp`so*met"ric*al, a. Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
Hypsometrical
Hypsometric Hyp`so*met"ric, Hypsometrical Hyp`so*met"ric*al, a. Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
Hypsometry
Hypsometry Hyp*som"e*try, n. That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.
Hypsopsetta guttulata
Turbot Tur"bot, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape, and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke. (b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California. (c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. (d) The trigger fish. Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.

Meaning of Hypso from wikipedia

- Hypsos is a Gr**** philosophical concept comparable to the modern concept of the sublime, or a moment that brings oral speech to an astonishing and monumental...
- v t e In Gr**** mythology, Hypso, from Pellene in Achaea, was the mother of the Argonauts Amphion and Asterius (Deucalion) by Hyperasius, son of Pelles...
- Scheme Trope Five canons Inventio Dispositio Elocutio Memoria Pronuntiatio Hypsos Imitatio Kairos Method of loci Modes Operations Persuasion Ethos Pathos...
- accounts, Asterius and his brother Amphion were called the children of Hypso while Hippasus was said to be their father. Pausanias, 2.15.5 Barber 1991...
- Scheme Trope Five canons Inventio Dispositio Elocutio Memoria Pronuntiatio Hypsos Imitatio Kairos Method of loci Modes Operations Persuasion Ethos Pathos...
- Scheme Trope Five canons Inventio Dispositio Elocutio Memoria Pronuntiatio Hypsos Imitatio Kairos Method of loci Modes Operations Persuasion Ethos Pathos...
- Capella 3, Capella 4, ICEYE × 3, Hawk × 3, Astrocast × 5, Flock-4s × 40, HYPSO-1, Kepler × 8, Lemur-2 × 8, PTD-1, SpaceBEE × 24 Yaogan 31-02 (3 satellites)...
- of the unerring javelin, and Amphion renowned in the close fight, whom Hypso at one birth brought forth...", this Deucalion was also called Asterius...
- Scheme Trope Five canons Inventio Dispositio Elocutio Memoria Pronuntiatio Hypsos Imitatio Kairos Method of loci Modes Operations Persuasion Ethos Pathos...
- Scheme Trope Five canons Inventio Dispositio Elocutio Memoria Pronuntiatio Hypsos Imitatio Kairos Method of loci Modes Operations Persuasion Ethos Pathos...