altitude

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altitudes

1.
(countable, uncountable)The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A vertical distance.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(geometry) The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(geometry) The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.
The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.
5.
(countable, uncountable)(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
6.
(countable, uncountable)Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
7.
(countable, dated, in plural, uncountable)(dated, in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
8.
(countable, uncountable)Highest point or degree.
9.
(countable, dated, uncountable)(commutative algebra, dated, of a ring) Krull dimension.
10.
(countable, uncountable)(commutative algebra, of an ideal) Height.

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ine-pro From Middle English -, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (height), from altus (high).