altitude

The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.countableuncountable

• As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.

A vertical distance.countableuncountable

The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.countableuncountable

• All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter.

The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.countableuncountable

• The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.

The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.countableuncountable

Height of rank or excellence; superiority.countableuncountable

• Whoever has an ambition to be heard in a crowd, must press, and squeeze, and thrust, and climb, with indefatigable pains, till he has exalted himself to a certain degree of altitude above them.

Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.countabledatedin-plural

• The man of law began to get into his altitudes.
• Is this deified passion , in its greatest altitudes , fitted to stand the day ?

Highest point or degree.countableuncountable

• He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue.

Krull dimension.countabledateduncountable

Height.countableuncountable