L altitudo < altus, high, orig. pp. of alere, to nourish, cause to grow: see old
Examples of 'altitude' in a sentence
altitude
Only for altitude sickness, according to her spokesman.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I know there's no nearby airport yet a big passenger jet is losing altitude, lumbering low over the trees on the skyline.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The altitude training is meant to be brutal.
The Sun (2008)
Some have been hit by altitude sickness.
The Sun (2009)
England will also base themselves at altitude during the finals.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This project is designed to help you to have the same kind of fun at lower altitudes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Within seconds it becomes clear that we are failing to gain altitude.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
He admits that not all coaches go in for altitude training.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Much higher and the body can suffer from altitude sickness.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To see the true extent and complexity of the historical terrain our intrepid historian must gain altitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her dizzying climb prompts few signs of altitude sickness now.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You benefit in the same way as training at altitude when your muscles are compressed at rhythmic intervals.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He added that use of such equipment could be detected and that such a practice was morally different from training at altitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The airliner 's altitude then declined without it changing course.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The higher the altitude, the thinner the oxygen.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
At that time, the effects of extreme altitude were not understood.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Chile has also crafted some great value-for-money sauvignon blanc from its cooler regions and higher altitude vineyards.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And they're training in extreme altitude and freezing conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Why don't planes fly at lower altitudes?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That's when the altitude sickness hit me like a bus.
The Sun (2014)
His colleagues at a lower altitude loose off a few magazines, and follow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yesterday's inquest was told that the crew had no training on flying the plane manually at high altitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some athletes will live at higher altitude than they train, enabling the body to perform better during training.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
An airliner uncontrollably gains altitude, leaving the crew with a race against time to avert tragedy and land safely.
The Sun (2009)
Much of the blame for this misery lay with the jet stream, a river of wind at the altitude of jet airliners.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
altitude
British English: altitude /ˈæltɪˌtjuːd/ NOUN
If something is at a particular altitude, it is at that height above sea level.
As we lost altitude, the wind became stronger.
American English: altitude
Arabic: عُلُوّ
Brazilian Portuguese: altitude
Chinese: 海拔高度
Croatian: visina
Czech: nadmořská výška
Danish: højde
Dutch: hoogte
European Spanish: altitud
Finnish: korkeus
French: altitude
German: Höhe
Greek: υψόμετρο
Italian: altitudine
Japanese: 高度 海抜
Korean: 고도
Norwegian: høyde
Polish: wysokość
European Portuguese: altitude
Romanian: altitudine
Russian: высота
Latin American Spanish: altitud
Swedish: höjd
Thai: ความสูงเหนือพื้นดินหรือเหนือน้ำทะเล
Turkish: irtifa
Ukrainian: висота над рівнем моря
Vietnamese: độ cao so với mặt biển
All related terms of 'altitude'
zero altitude
the height at which the atmospheric pressure is 610.5 Pa
absolute altitude
the altitude of an aircraft over the surface of the land or water below
altitude chamber
a chamber for simulating the conditions of air pressure and temperature for a given altitude in order to test the behavior of people and equipment in such an environment
altitude sickness
nausea , headache , and shortness of breath caused by climbing to high altitudes (usually above 12 000 ft)
altitude training
training performed at high altitude to prepare an athlete's body to cope with a reduced supply of oxygen
almucantar
a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
mountain sickness
nausea , headache , and shortness of breath caused by climbing to high altitudes (usually above 12 000 ft)
Chinese translation of 'altitude'
altitude
(ˈæltɪtjuːd)
n(c/u)
[of place, plane]高度 (gāodù)
at an altitude of 30,000 ft在海拔3万(萬)英尺的高度 (zài hǎibá sān wàn yīngchǐ de gāodù)
at high/low altitude在高/低海拔处(處) (zài gāo/dī hǎibá chù)
to gain/lose altitude升高/降低海拔 (shēnggāo/jiàngdī hǎibá)
(noun)
Definition
height, esp. above sea level
The next day I ran my first race at high altitude.
Synonyms
height
Build a wall up to a height of 2 metres.
summit
This is just a molehill on the way to the summit of her ambitions.
peak
the snow-covered peaks of the Alps
elevation
We're at an elevation of about 13,000 feet above sea level.
loftiness
Additional synonyms
in the sense of elevation
Definition
height above sea level
We're at an elevation of about 13,000 feet above sea level.
Synonyms
altitude,
height
in the sense of peak
Definition
the pointed summit of a mountain
the snow-covered peaks of the Alps
Synonyms
point,
top,
tip,
summit,
brow,
crest,
pinnacle,
apex,
aiguille
in the sense of summit
Definition
the highest possible degree or state
This is just a molehill on the way to the summit of her ambitions.