Definizione monolingua

altitude

altitude (plural altitudes)

1. The height measured from sea level up to any given point.

   As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.

2. A vertical distance.
3. (geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figures vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.

   The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.

4. (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earths horizon.

Definizione dizionario altitude

	altitudine
	height measured from sea
	In general, a term used to describe a topographic eminence. (Source: WHIT)

	altezza
	distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
	distance measured upwards
	distance measured angularly of a heavenly body

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Altri significati:

(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.

The angle between the horizontal and a point at a higher level (in surveying)

A specific altitude or height above a given level.

(geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.

The height measured from sea level up to any given point.

A vertical distance.