Altitude

//ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level. countable, uncountable

    "As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains."

  2. 2
    elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface wordnet
  3. 3
    A vertical distance. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) wordnet
  5. 5
    The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex. countable, uncountable

    "All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter."

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  1. 6
    the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) wordnet
  2. 7
    The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex. countable, uncountable

    "The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude."

  3. 8
    The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Height of rank or excellence; superiority. countable, uncountable

    "Whoever has an ambition to be heard in a crowd, must press, and squeeze, and thrust, and climb, with indefatigable pains, till he has exalted himself to a certain degree of altitude above them."

  5. 10
    Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs. countable, dated, in-plural, uncountable

    "The man of law began to get into his altitudes."

  6. 11
    Highest point or degree. countable, uncountable

    "He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue."

  7. 12
    Krull dimension. countable, dated, uncountable
  8. 13
    Height. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (“height”), from altus (“high”).

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