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altitude
[ al-ti-tood, -tyood ]
noun
- the height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.
Synonyms:
- extent or distance upward; height.
Antonyms:
- Astronomy. the angular distance of a heavenly body above the horizon.
- Geometry.
- the perpendicular distance from the vertex of a figure to the side opposite the vertex.
- the line through the vertex of a figure perpendicular to the base.
- Usually altitudes. a high place or region:
mountain altitudes.
- high or important position, rank, etc.
altitude
/ ˈæɪˌː /
noun
- the vertical height of an object above some chosen level, esp above sea level; elevation
- geometry the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base of a geometrical figure or solid
- Also calledelevation astronomy nautical the angular distance of a celestial body from the horizon measured along the vertical circle passing through the body Compare azimuth
- surveying the angle of elevation of a point above the horizontal plane of the observer
- often plural a high place or region
altitude
/ ă′ĭ-ٴ̅̅′ /
- The height of an object or structure above a reference level, usually above sea level or the Earth's surface.
- Astronomy.The position of a celestial object above an observer's horizon, measured in degrees along a line between the horizon (0°) and the zenith (90°). Unlike declination and celestial latitude —the corresponding points in other celestial coordinate systems—the altitude of star or other celestial object is dependent on an observer's geographic location and changes steadily as the sky passes overhead due to the rotation of the Earth.
- Astronomy.See more at altazimuth coordinate system
- Mathematics.The perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure, such as a triangle, to the opposite vertex, side, or surface.
Derived Forms
- ˌپˈٳܻ徱Բ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·پ·ٳ·徱·Դdzܲ [al-ti-, tood, -n-, uh, s, -, tyood, -], adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of altitude1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But the ban has now been lifted after the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine carried out tests in an altitude chamber and the teacakes did not explode.
As it does, it ejects any leftover fuel, which freezes instantly due to the altitude in a spiral pattern caused by the rocket's movement.
According to organisers, Mr O'Connell was performing a "routine display" on a retired military aircraft when it "experienced a sudden loss of altitude and entered a steep dive".
Based between an ancient burial mound and a rusting tin hut, the men stood on top of a nuclear fallout bunker, while aircraft skimmed them at terrifyingly low altitudes.
Yang Uk, a military expert and research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, told the BBC that if bombs may not explode if they "are dropped at an altitude lower than planned".
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