altitude
/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.92 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains."
- "Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth."
- "The technique would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The scientists propose delivering the sulfates with specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns."
- "By changing the flying altitude by just couple of thousand feet on fewer than 2% of all scheduled flights, a study by a team of scientists at Imperial College London concludes that the damage to the climate caused by one consequence of aviation could be reduced by as much as 59%."
- "All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter."
- "The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude."
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absolute altitude
altitude-sick
altitude sickness
at altitude
critical altitude
high-altitude
low-altitude
medium-altitude