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altitudenoun the distance of something or someone from bottom to topthe altitude of the highest mountain in the U.S. is only about two thirds that of the highest mountain in the world usually altitudes pl.an area of high groundthe air is thinner at higher altitudes elevation, eminence, height, highland, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland alp, mount, mountain, peakbutte, mesa, plateau, table, tablelandbluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, torridge, sierradome, sugarloaffoothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knolldowns lowland dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valleybasin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater height, altitude, elevation mean vertical distance either between the top and bottom of something or between a base and something above it.height refers to something measured vertically whether high or low.a wall two meters in height altitude and elevation apply to height as measured by angular measurement or atmospheric pressure; altitude is preferable when referring to vertical distance above the surface of the earth or above sea level; elevation is used especially in reference to vertical height on land.fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters Denver is a city with a high elevation in the 14th century |