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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[Elevation]] of spirits; heroics; haughty airs. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[Height]] of degree; highest point or degree. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) 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. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 13 October 2021
Altitude [1]
(1): (n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
(2): (n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.
(3): (n.) 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.
(4): (n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
(5): (n.) 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.
(6): (n.) 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.
