The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ALTIMETER
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More clues leading to the result ALTIMETER
- Change round hour and position indicator
- Change round what may be shown on dial for cockpit instrument
- Switch around raised vent in measuring instrument
- Aerospace technology to change with intervention of several years?
- Aero instrument adjusted rate divided by duration?
- Issue raised during change in device measuring height
- Moment to change clothes for bit of pilot’s kit
- Change round hours and minutes perhaps in measuring instrument
- Change over years, say, in flying instrument
- Instrument provides change within the hour? On the contrary
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The straight part
We know that "cockpit instrument" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cockpit instrument = altimeter.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ALTIMETER mean?
ALTIMETER noun- An apparatus for measuring altitude.