STATOSCOPE


Meaning of STATOSCOPE in English

/stat"euh skohp'/ , n.

1. an aneroid barometer for registering minute variations of atmospheric pressure.

2. Aeron. an instrument for detecting a small rate of rise or fall of an aircraft.

[ 1895-1900; stato- (see STATOBLAST) + -SCOPE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .