altitude
The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
Example
“As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.”
Other meanings
A vertical distance.
The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
“All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter.”
Synonyms
- height
Word history
From Latin "altitūdō" (height).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “altitude” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.