altitude
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From Middle English < Latin altitudo (“‘height’”) < altus (“‘high’”).
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altitude (plural altitudes)
- The height measured from sea level up to any given point.
- A vertical distance.
- (geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
- The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
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height measured from sea
distance measured upwards
distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
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[edit] External links
- altitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- altitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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altitude f. (plural altitudes)
[edit] Galician
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altitude f. (plural altitudes)
