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==English==

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[height]] measured from sea level up to any given point.
# A [[vertical]] distance.
# {{geometry}} The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's [[vertex]] to the opposite side of the vertex.
# {{astronomy}} The [[angular]] distance of a [[heavenly body]] above our Earth's horizon.

===Adjectives for Altitude===
[[bleak]]; [[dizzy]]; [[infinite]]; [[considerable]]; [[starlit]]; [[moderate]]; [[healthful]]; [[breezy]]; [[breath-taking]]; [[excessive]]; [[unbelievable]]; [[unattainable]].

===Verbs for Altitude===
ascertain;  compute; elevate; exceed; fix; forfeit; gain; gauge; heighten; level off at; maintain; register; rise to; scale;  soar to; dazzles; increases.

===Thesaurus===
[[abscissa]]; [[apex]]; [[azimuth]]; [[ceiling]]; [[clearance]]; [[coordinates]]; [[cylindrical coordinates]]; [[declination]]; [[elevation]]; [[eminence]]; [[equator coordinates]]; [[exaltation]]; [[hauteur]]; [[height]]; [[heighth]]; [[highness]]; [[latitude]]; [[loftiness]]; [[longitude]]; [[ordinate]]; [[peak]]; [[perpendicular distance]]; [[polar coordinates]]; [[prominence]]; [[right ascension]]; [[stature]]; [[sublimity]]; [[summit]]; [[tallness]]; [[toploftiness]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/}}, {{SAMPA|/"{lt.I%tju:d/}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈæltəˌtud/}}, {{SAMPA|/"{l.t@%tud/}}

===Derived terms===
* [[altitude indicator]]