variometer in English
noun
1
a device for indicating an aircraft's rate of climb or descent.
There are several other kinds of lift, but a paragliding variometer is mostly used for thermal lift.
2
an inductor whose total inductance can be varied by altering the relative position of two coaxial coils connected in series, or by permeability tuning, and so can be used to tune an electric circuit.
CEC makes motor packages for the variometers to provide fine positioning control and position readback.
3
an instrument for measuring variations in the intensity of the earth's magnetic field.
The declination variometer enables us to measure variations in the declination of the Earth magnetic field.
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1. There are relatively few instruments —an air speed indicator, an altimeter, a compass, and a variometer (a device showing the rate at which the glider is rising or sinking).