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Altitude
01
Höhe
the distance between an object or point and sea level
Beispiele
The airplane reached a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet above sea level.
Das Flugzeug erreichte eine Reiseflughöhe von 30.000 Fuß über dem Meeresspiegel.
The village sits at an altitude of 1,200 meters in the foothills of the mountains.
Das Dorf liegt auf einer Höhe von 1.200 Metern am Fuße der Berge.
02
the angular distance of a celestial object above the horizon
Beispiele
The astronomer calculated the star 's altitude at midnight.
Students learned how to measure the altitude of the stars.
03
the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex, or from a side to the opposite side if parallel
Beispiele
The altitude of a triangle is used to calculate its area.
Draw an altitude from the vertex to the base to solve the problem.
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