altitude

altitude
noun
  1. [mass noun]the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level
    (物体)高度,(相对海平面或地平面的)海拔,高度
    flight data including airspeed and altitude.
    包括风速和高度的飞行数据。
    [count noun]flying at altitudes over 15,000 feet.
    在15,000英尺以上的高度飞行。
    ■great height
    高地
    the mechanism can freeze at altitude.
    机械装置在高海拔地区会冻结。
    ■(Astronomy)the apparent height of a celestial object above the horizon, measured in angular distance
    (天文)(天体在地平线上的)角距
    ■(Geometry)the length of the perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side of a figure
    (几何)顶垂线
派生
altitudinal
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Latin altitudo, from altus 'high'
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