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Altitude
Webster's Dictionary
or (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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Altitude'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/altitude.html. 1828.
