Altitude
['æltɪtjuːd] or ['æltɪtud]
Definition
(noun.) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; 'the altitude gave her a headache'.
(noun.) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel).
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Definition
(n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
(n.) The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
(n.) The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.
(n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.
(n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
(n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Height, elevation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Height, tallness, verticality, ascent, loftiness, eminence, elevation
ANT:Lowness, depression, descent, declination, depth
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Definition
n. height: a point or position at a height above the sea: high rank or eminence.—n.pl. Alt′itudes passion excitement.—adj. Altitū′dinal.—n. Altitudinā′rian one given to flightiness in doctrine or belief.
Editor: Rena
Examples
- The lever and the pulley, lathe s, picks, saws, hammers, bronze operating-lances, sundials, water-clocks, the gnomon (a vertical pillar for determining the sun's altitude) were in use. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If the altitude and the transit through the meridian were to be taken at the same time the four directi ons were to be followed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At first the two forces circled at the same altitude, pouring broadside after broadside into each other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Twenty were exposed to the air on the heights of the Jura at an altitude of eight hundred and fift y meters above sea-level; the contents of five of these subsequently putrefied. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The altitude was recorded according to the position of the sight attached to the graduated arc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Pascal thought that this pressure would be less at a high altitude. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Two captive balloons had been floated to show the course and also to give an indication of the proper altitude to maintain. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At that altitude, yes, Agustín grinned. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Air is more dense at the surface of the earth, and becomes continually more rarified as the altitude increases, until it becomes an indefinitely tenuous ether. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Unconsciousness comes quickly at this altitude, she said quietly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The altitude of the gallows that would turn to water and quench it, no functionary, by any stretch of mathematics, was able to calculate successfully. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- These big trees grow at an altitude between 4,000 and 7,000 feet, and, whether individual or in groves, they are found in protected valleys, canyons, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The greatest example of all search lights, however, is not to be found on the sea, but in the picturesque altitudes of the Sierra Madres in Southern California. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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