单词 | absolute height |
释义 | > as lemmasabsolute height absolute height n. [compare German absolute Höhe height above sea level (1706)] height expressed in absolute terms, esp. height above sea level; (Aeronautics) the altitude of an aircraft above the land or sea over which it is flying; cf. absolute altitude n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > height above the ground or sea level heightc1290 altitudea1449 absolute height1729 elevation1856 upwardness1896 1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 577 Dicæarchus found Mount Pelius in Thessalia, to be 1250 Paces high, which makes..6822 Paris Feet, a Height which we may well pronounce too great even for the absolute Height of Mount Pelius, I mean its Rise above the Level of the Sea. 1837 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 127 432 The observed height of the mercury in a barometer requires several corrections..in order to determine its absolute height, or that point when it may be considered strictly comparable with another barometer. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 16 p. lxx The absolute height of the head of this one of the many sources of the Nile may be regarded as fixed at about 9000 feet. 1936 Aircraft Engin. Nov. 298/2 We cannot help wishing it were possible to define an absolute height akin to absolute temperature. 1957 Geogr. Jrnl. 123 492 Absolute height in surveying from air photographs, if accurate, would be valuable. 2003 M. Kraak & F. Ormeling Cartography (ed. 2) v. 84/2 Absolute heights can be displayed by contour lines or height points, as shown by the graphic representation of the northeastern side of Mount Kilimanjaro. < as lemmas |
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