| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·ti·tude |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l t -t d , -tyd |
| NOUN: | 1. The height of a thing above a reference level, especially above sea level or above the earth's surface. See synonyms at elevation. 2. A high location or area. 3. Astronomy The angular distance of a celestial object above the horizon. 4. Mathematics The perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex, parallel side, or parallel surface. 5. High position or rank. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin altit d , from altus, high. See al-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | alti·tudi·nal (-tdn- l, -tyd-) —ADJECTIVE
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