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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)|*-tus}}
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}
From {{inh|en|enm|-}}, borrowed from {{bor|en|la|altitūdō|t=height}}, from {{m|la|altus|t=high}}.
From {{inh|en|enm|-}}, borrowed from {{der|en|la|altitūdō|t=height}}, from {{m|la|altus|t=high}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|en|/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/|/ˈælt.ɪˌt͡ʃuːd/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/|/ˈælt.ɪˌt͡ʃuːd/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-altitude.wav |Audio (UK)}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-altitude.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈælt.ɪˌtuːd/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈælt.ɪˌtuːd/|a=US}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# The [[absolute]] [[height]] of a location, usually measured from [[sea level]].
# The [[absolute]] [[height]] of a location, usually measured from [[sea level]].
⚫
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=David Simpson| volume=188| issue=26| page=36| magazine={{w|The Guardian Weekly}}| title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/18/falling-upwards-richard-holmes-review Fantasy of navigation]| passage=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.}}
#: {{ux|en|As the '''altitude''' increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.}}
#: {{ux|en|As the '''altitude''' increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.}}
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=David Simpson| volume=188| issue=26| page=36| magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly| title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/18/falling-upwards-richard-holmes-review Fantasy of navigation]| passage=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.}}
# A [[vertical]] distance.
# A [[vertical]] distance.
# {{lb|en|geometry}} The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's [[vertex]] to the opposite side of the vertex.
# {{lb|en|geometry}} The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's [[vertex]] to the opposite side of the vertex.
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# {{lb|en|dated|in the plural}} Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
# {{lb|en|dated|in the plural}} Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
#* {{RQ:Scott Guy Mannering|passage=The man of law began to get into his '''altitudes'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Guy Mannering|passage=The man of law began to get into his '''altitudes'''.}}
#*{{RQ:Richardson Clarissa|passage=Is this deified passion , in its greatest '''altitudes''' , fitted to stand the day ? }}
#* {{RQ:Richardson Clarissa|passage=Is this deified passion , in its greatest '''altitudes''' , fitted to stand the day ? }}
# Highest point or degree.
# Highest point or degree.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus|I|i|passage=He is [proud] even to the '''altitude''' of his virtue.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus|I|i|passage=He is [proud] even to the '''altitude''' of his virtue.}}
# {{c|en|Algebra}}{{lb|en|[[commutative algebra]]|dated|of a [[ring]]}} [[Krull dimension]].
# {{lb|en|[[commutative algebra]]|of an [[ideal]]}} [[height|Height]].


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
{{col-auto|en
|absolute altitude
|absolute altitude|altitude sickness|critical altitude|minimum descent altitude|minimum sector altitude|pressure altitude|transition altitude
|altazimuth
|altimetry
|altitude sickness
|altitudinal
|altitudinous
|at altitude
|bialtitude
|coaltitude
|critical altitude
|high-altitude
|high-altitude
|low-altitude
|low-altitude
|maltitude
|medium-altitude
|medium-altitude
|midaltitude
|minimum descent altitude
|minimum sector altitude|altitude-sick
|paleoaltitude
|pressure altitude
|transition altitude
}}
}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|absolute height}}
{{trans-top|absolute height}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اِرْتِفَاع|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|yüksəklik}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|yüksəklik}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|[[надморски|надмо́рска]] [[височина́]]|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|[[надморски|надмо́рска]] [[височина́]]|f}}
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|海拔|tr=hǎibá}}, {{t+|cmn|高度|tr=gāodù}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|海拔|tr=hǎibá}}, {{t+|cmn|高度|tr=gāodù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|nadmořská výška|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|nadmořská výška|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}, {{t+|eo|alto}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}, {{t+|eo|alto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|海抜|tr=kaibatsu}}, {{t+|ja|高度|tr=kōdo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|海抜|tr=kaibatsu}}, {{t+|ja|高度|tr=kōdo}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|өндөр}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|өндөр}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یوكسكلك|tr=yükseklik}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فرازا|tr=farâzâ}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فرازا|tr=farâzâ}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[wysokość]] [[bezwzględna]]|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[wysokość]] [[bezwzględna]]|f}}
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|高度|tr=gāodù}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|高度|tr=gāodù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|výška|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|výška|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}, {{t+|eo|alto}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}, {{t+|eo|alto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|高さ|tr=takasa}}, {{t+|ja|高度|tr=kōdo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|高さ|tr=takasa}}, {{t+|ja|高度|tr=kōdo}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|өндөр}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|өндөр}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یوكسكلك|tr=yükseklik}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فرازا|tr=farâzâ}}, {{t+|fa|بلندا|tr=bolandâ}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فرازا|tr=farâzâ}}, {{t+|fa|بلندا|tr=bolandâ}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altitude|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altitude|f}}
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|výška|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|výška|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|højde|c}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|højde|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|altezza|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|altezza|f}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|өндөр}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|өндөр}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یوكسكلك|tr=yükseklik}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altitude|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altitude|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înălțime|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înălțime|f}}
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{{trans-top|distance measured angularly of a heavenly body}}
{{trans-top|distance measured angularly of a heavenly body}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoogte|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alteco}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}, {{t|fi|korkeuskulma}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkeus}}, {{t|fi|korkeuskulma}}
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* Irish: {{t|ga|airde|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|airde|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|altezza|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|altezza|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یوكسكلك|tr=yükseklik}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altitude|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altitude|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|у́гол возвыше́ния|m}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|у́гол возвыше́ния|m}}
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|fr|la|altitūdō}}.
{{bor+|fr|la|altitūdō}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-altitude.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-altitude.ogg}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|gl|la|altitūdō}}.
{{lbor|gl|la|altitūdō}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{gl-noun|f}}
{{gl-noun|f}}


# [[#English|altitude]]
# {{l|en|altitude}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====

Revision as of 13:34, 9 September 2024

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (“height”), from altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/, /ˈælt.ɪˌt͡ʃuːd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈælt.ɪˌtuːd/

Noun

altitude (countable and uncountable, plural altitudes)

  1. The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
    As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.
    • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
      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.
  2. A vertical distance.
  3. (geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's 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 Earth's horizon.
  5. Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
    • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC:
      Whoever has an ambition to be heard in a crowd, must press, and squeeze, and thrust, and climb, with indefatigable pains, till he has exalted himself to a certain degree of altitude above them.
  6. (dated, in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
  7. Highest point or degree.
  8. (commutative algebra, dated, of a ring) Krull dimension.
  9. (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Height.

Derived terms

Translations

distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
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Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altitūdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

altitude f (plural altitudes)

  1. altitude

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin altitūdō.

Noun

altitude f (plural altitudes)

  1. altitude

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altitūdō.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈtu.de/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈtu.de]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
  • Hyphenation: al‧ti‧tu‧de

Noun

altitude f (plural altitudes)

  1. altitude
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