Word Image
plural: altitudes
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
the height above the Earth’s surface or sea level; vertical distance; an elevated region
Word Family
altitudinal
altitudinous
Sentences
The air temperature in the higher altitudes of the Alps is quite cold.
The pilot checked his altitude meter to stay at the proper height.
People who are not used to the mountains can get altitude sickness.
The flight tower operator asked what the plane’s altitude was.
A high elevation, such as Mount Everest, is a high altitude.
To fly under the radar, you must be at a very low altitude.
The airbus was losing altitude rapidly in the terrible storm.
Air balloons can fly safely at a medium altitude.
The rolling fog bank looked like low altitude clouds.
Denver, Colorado is a higher altitude, or higher elevation city.
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