English-Italian translations for altitude

• altezza
• altitudine
  Posso onestamente affermare di aver trascorso parecchio tempo alla stessa altitudine durante gli ultimi tre anni e mezzo. I can honestly say that I have spent a lot of my time in the last three and a half years at that altitude.
  Per di più, l’altitudine a cui il traffico aereo produce le sue emissioni rende il loro impatto sul clima di gran lunga più grave di quanto farebbe supporre la loro quantità. In addition, the altitude at which air traffic produces emissions means that their impact on the climate is far greater than their quantity would suggest.
  – La definizione delle zone di montagna si basa esclusivamente sugli naturali quali l’altitudine e la pendenza o una combinazione di questi due fattori. . The definition of mountain areas is based exclusively on natural handicaps such as altitude and slopes or a combination of the two.

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