Altitude - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) (syn: alt, el, elevation)
Extra examples
Some visitors find it difficult to adjust to the city's high altitude.
The plane lost altitude rapidly.
In those altitudes the air is thin.
He has exalted himself to a certain degree of altitude above them.
Triangles of equal bases and altitudes are equal.
We're flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen.
The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.
The mountain climbers spent a few days acclimatizing themselves to the high altitude.
The plane lost it's altitude.
The plane emptied its fuel tanks as it started losing altitude.
Although we were at an altitude of ten thousand feet it was oppressively hot.
Word forms
singular: altitude
plural: altitudes
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