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1. The height of something above a specific level; especially, above sea level or the earth's surface: The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature.
3. Etymology: from Latin altitudo, from altus, "high" + -tude, "quality, condition of".
The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 9,000 feet or 2.74 kilometers.
2. A place or region situated high above sea level: The aircraft was trying to avoid the lightening and strong winds by flying at a higher altitude above the thunderstorm.3. Etymology: from Latin altitudo, from altus, "high" + -tude, "quality, condition of".
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The height or elevation above sea level that is corrected for instrument and installation errors.
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1. The measurement of height, usually given in meters above sea level: The guide told the tourists to take along warm clothes because as the altitude increases, the colder it gets when hiking up the mountains in the Alps.
2. The angular distance: Altitude is usually measured in degrees, above the horizon, from zero degrees at the horizon to 90 degrees at the zenith.
2. The angular distance: Altitude is usually measured in degrees, above the horizon, from zero degrees at the horizon to 90 degrees at the zenith.
One of the two co-ordinates (the other being azimuth) that define a celestial object's position, used with an altazimuth mount.
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