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   altitude

   /ˈaltɪtjuːd/

   noun

   • 1. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level: "flight data including airspeed and altitude"
   • ▪ great height: "the mechanism can freeze at altitude"
   • ▪ the apparent height of a celestial object above the horizon, measured in angular distance.
   • ▪ the length of the perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side of a figure.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin altitudo, from altus ‘high’.

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