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altitude

[al-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈæl tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /
NOUN
height in the sky
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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They matched observations showing that cooling becomes stronger with altitude, with the greatest cooling occurring near the top of the stratosphere.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The 35-year-old had suffered from altitude sickness, reports say.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

AST SpaceMobile, which is working to develop a space-based cellular broadband network, said in a statement that "the altitude is too low to sustain operations."

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

As a result, hunter-gatherers could move up a mountainside harvesting grain seeds as they matured, instead of being overwhelmed by a concentrated harvest season at a single altitude, where all grains matured simultaneously.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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