Altitude (Yellow Second)
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noun


(1)   Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
"The altitude gave her a headache"
(2)   Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
(3)   The perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
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Noun



  1. The height measured from sea level up to any given point.
  2. A vertical distance.
  3. 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. The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
 
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