altitude : Idioms & Phrases
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altitude sickness
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noun effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes
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Circle of altitude
(Astron.) , a circle parallel to the horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Webster 1913
high-altitude
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adjective satellite occurring at or from a relative high altitude
high-level.
- high-level bombing
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low-altitude
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adjective satellite occurring at a relatively low altitude
low-level.
- a low-level strafing run
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Meridian altitude
- an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See
Meridian , 3.
Webster 1913
Parallel of altitude
(Astron.) , one of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the horizon; an almucantar.
Webster 1913
Quadrant of altitude
- an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc.