altitude A₁L₁T₁I₁T₁U₁D₂E₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.

   “As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.”

2. A vertical distance.

3. The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.

   “All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter.”

4. The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.

   “The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.”

• INCLUDE₁₀
• DUDE₆
• ATTITUDE₉
• RUDE₅
• CRUDE₈
• MAGNITUDE₁₃
• GRATITUDE₁₁
• CONCLUDE₁₃
• EXCLUDE₁₇
• MULTITUDE₁₂
• LATITUDE₉
• SOLITUDE₉

• ATTITUDE₉
• APTITUDE₁₁