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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Middle English < Latin altitudo (“‘height’”) < altus (“‘high’”).
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Noun[edit | edit source]
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Altitude ({{{1}}})
- The height measured from sea level up to any given point.
- A vertical distance.
- Template: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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Translations[edit | edit source]
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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External links[edit | edit source]
- Altitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Altitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
French[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Altitude f. (plural Altitudes)
Galician[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Altitude f. (plural Altitudes)
Related terms[edit | edit source]
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