(n.) An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The pilots had full aircraft control but were without use of altimeters.
(2) The new probe was built using improved electronics and batteries, and an extra radar altimeter, a device that will fire microwaves at the Arctic and Antarctic ice to reveal its thickness.
(3) Altitude was simulated by a system of gate valves and a vacuum pump, and measured by an altimeter.
(4) The next generation of smartwatches will employ additional technology including the accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, compass, heart-rate monitor, altimeter and an ambient light sensor, to name a few.
(5) The Nabu tracks your motions like most fitness bands with an accelerometer and altimeter, but has two small OLED screens, one for notification icons and one scrolling text screen for messages, emails and other text notifications.
(6) CryoSat-2’s radar altimeter transmitted 7.5m measurements of Greenland and 61m of Antarctica during 2012, enabling glaciologists to work with a set of consistent measurements from a single instrument.
(7) The upgrade to the existing fitness tracking SmartBand monitors activity, steps and sleep using, like myriad other fitness bands, an accelerometer – but also has an altimeter for tracking stair climbs and hikes.
Entomologist
Definition:
(n.) One versed in entomology.
Example Sentences:
(1) The development of synthetic, non-radioactive DNA probes suitable for the identification of species in the Anopheles gambiae complex is described with the aim of defining a simplified methodology which is suitable for entomologist in the field.
(2) Light-traps have been used successfully as mechanical sampling tools for insects of agricultural importance but medical entomologists have had only limited success because of the assumption that light-traps would attract vectors, even when sited in open fields well away from hosts.
(3) Instead, the company is working under the supervision of Wyatt Hoback , an entomologist from the University of Nebraska Kearney, who has a research permit to study the insects.
(4) In Houston, on any given day, entomologists can be found clanking open manhole covers, wading into ditches or walking through backyards of obliging residents.
(5) There is audible excitement on the first morning of the conference when the organiser, entomologist Arnold van Huis, announces that each day’s lunch will feature at least one insect snack.
(6) When C blakei or other mites are suspected of being the cause of a dermatosis, medical entomologists may help to hasten the diagnosis by examining the patient's physical surroundings, potential vertebrate hosts and other sources for the presence of mites.
(7) The gathering in Ede, jointly organised by the FAO and Wageningen University and Research Centre, is the culmination of all these efforts – the first big international conference to bring together entomologists, entrepreneurs, nutritionists, chefs, psychologists and government officials.
(8) Jonathan Lundgren, a senior entomologist, has accused federal agencies of suppressing negative research into the effects of pesticides.
(9) It’s a group of pesticides that hasn’t been looked at too closely,” said entomologist Hannah Gaines-Day of the University of Wisconsin, whose bumblebee study appeared in the June issue of Insects .
(10) Florence Dunkel, an entomologist at Montana State University, recommends borrowing from their scientific name, Galleria mellonella .
(11) This program may make possible wider use of this technique in law enforcement and medical investigator offices that utilize both forensic entomologist expertise and IBM PCs (or compatible computers).
(12) During the past eight years, extensive studies on the genetics of natural populations of anopheline mosquitoes in this region, involving the interdisciplinary efforts of taxonomists, operational entomologists and biologists, have revealed groups of cryptic species of Anopheles vectors, particularly the An.
(13) This phenomenon, called "super-illusion" (anticipatory visual illusion) is common in entomologists--lepitopterists.
(14) He bases his claim on a 2009 Scientific American article concerning entomologists who wrote an open letter to the biotech companies saying that they had difficulty accessing genetically engineered seeds for research purposes, but completely omits the follow-ups to that article.
(15) No cases of ill health or poisoning due to the handling of the insecticides are known to have occurred amongst the pilots, entomologists, and aircraft engineers.
(16) Fate seems to have driven Wilson to being an entomologist.
(17) Key quote Fungicides, which we didn't expect to harm insects, seem to have a sub-lethal effect on bee health," Dennis vanEngelsdorp, an entomologist at the University of Maryland and senior author of the new study, told NBC News.
(18) Results of the analysis are saved to an ASCII file for output to a printer for making paper copies useful for the entomologist's Case Study Final Report.
(19) In order to investigate this disease in Brasil, a multi-disciplinary group including microbiologists, entomologists and clinicians was created at the University of São Paulo.
(20) The technique was found to be a useful additional taxonomic tool for field entomologists.