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altitudinal

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al⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nal

  [al-ti-tood-n-l, -tyood-]
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–adjective
relating to altitude or height.
Origin:
1770–80; < L altitūdin- (s. of altitūdō) altitude + -al 1
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al·ti·tude   (āl'tĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  

  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.


[Middle English, from Latin altitūdō, from altus, high; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.]
al'ti·tu'di·nal (-tōōd'n-əl, -tyōōd'-) adj.
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