English-French translations for altitude

• altitude
  Dans l'ensemble, lorsque je n'étais pas à cette altitude, j'étais dans ce Parlement. On the whole, when I have not been at that altitude, I have been in this Chamber.
  La classification des zones de montagne ne peut en effet reposer sur le seul critère de l'altitude. Regions can only be classified as mountainous on the basis of their altitude.
  Honnêtement, je peux dire que pendant ces trois ans et demi j'ai passé une grande partie de mon temps à cette altitude. I can honestly say that I have spent a lot of my time in the last three and a half years at that altitude.
• hauteur

Definition of altitude

• The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level
• A vertical distance
• The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon
• Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs
• Highest point or degree

Examples

• As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains
• The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude

Related words

• altitude loftiness
• altitude sickness
• altitude chamber
• altitude of the pole
• absolute altitude
• high altitude platform
• high altitude radio platform
• difference in altitude
• solar altitude