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Definition of Altitude

Altitude Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree. The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon. The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc. Height of degree; highest point or degree. Height of rank or excellence; superiority. Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs. Related Definitions: Above, Altitude, An, And, Another, Apparent, Arc, As, Base, Between, Bird, By, Celestial, Circle, Degree, Distance, Either, Elevation, Excellence, Extended, Figure, Foundation, From, Frustum, Given, Ground, Haughty, Height, Horizon, Intercepted, Is, It, Level, Measured, Mountain, Object, Of, One, Or, Other, Parallel, Parallelogram, Perpendicular, Point, Pyramid, Rank, Rational, Real, Sensible, Side, Space, Star, Such, Summit, Superiority, The, To, Top, Tree, Triangle, True, Upward, Vertical, When

Altitude Quotations Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude. Jesse Jackson Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar Attitude determines the altitude of life. Edwin Louis Cole On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects. Karl Marx We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible. Hugh Shelton

Altitude Translations altitude in Dutch is stand, hoogte altitude in Finnish is korkeus altitude in Portuguese is altura, altitude

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