altitude
nounEtymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (“height”), from altus (“high”).
Definitions
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.
A vertical distance.
The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to…
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.
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The length of such a line
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.
The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
Height of rank or excellence
Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- 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.
Elevation of spirits
Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
- The man of law began to get into his altitudes.
- Is this deified passion , in its greatest altitudes , fitted to stand the day ?
Highest point or degree.
- He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue.
Krull dimension.
Height.
The neighborhood
Derived
absolute altitude, altazimuth, altimetry, altitude-sick, altitude sickness, altitudinal, altitudinous, at altitude, bialtitude, coaltitude, critical altitude, high-altitude, low-altitude, maltitude, medium-altitude, midaltitude, minimum descent altitude, minimum sector altitude, paleoaltitude, pressure altitude, transition altitude
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at altitude. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at altitude. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at altitude
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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