altitude
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈæl.tɪ.tuːd/
- Specialized
:
altura
- I PUT THEM IN ORDER OF ALTITUDE.
- high altitude
Examples
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To make calculations easy, the distance on each side (?, ? or ?) between the intersection point of the median and its corresponding base, and the altitude and its corresponding base is termed 'sma.'
Blog text (29) -
F altitude F is the altitude, and it's a function of X&Y.
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Ensign Mohring, give me some altitude.
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He'd learned earlier that the Kittchikoostrans were as deficient in patience as they were in altitude.
Fiction book (1998) -
So we're intersecting the three perpendiculars or the three altitudes in this triangle and again they happen to intersect in the same point.
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To make calculations easy, the distance on each side (?, ? or ?) between the intersection point of the median and its corresponding base, and the altitude and its corresponding base is termed 'sma.'
Blog text (29) -
"S" equals one-half"A" "T" squared... where "S'is the altitude, A'is the gravity constant... or 32... and "T" is the time it took for that rocket to come back down.
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I posit that in this task, the combination of embedding the idea of altitudes within a challenging problem and using dot paper as a visual tool makes it meaningful and relevant for students to look outside the triangle to find an altitude.
Academic text (2001) -
They got parachute training at the Airborne jump school in Fort Benning, and when that was through, they went to the school the Green Berets attend in Fort Bragg to learn advanced high-altitude, low-opening techniques.
Fiction book (2002) -
To calculate the area of a triangle, you need to know the base length and the altitude from that base to the opposite vertex.
Synonyms
120
1.0
The distance of a place above sea level
Compounds
5
4.4
A feeling of being sick because your body has less oxygen high on a mountain
- Specialized
Climbing very high mountains where air is thin and weather is harsh
How High
- Specialized
1
4.8
21
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
altitude = alt (semi-transparent) = alt + itude
The geometric sense (perpendicular distance = 'height') is a natural technical extension of 'height' formed with '-itude', but the combining form 'alt-' is not a familiar standalone word.
Etymology
Altitude comes from the Latin word altus meaning 'high', a root also found in the word alto. So, in geometry, altitude is the 'height' drawn straight up from a base to the opposite point, often at a right angle.