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Altitude
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. altitudo, from altus, high), height or eminence, and particularly the height above the ground or above sea-level. In geometry, the altitude of a triangle is the length of the perpendicular from the vertex to the base. In astronomy, the altitude of a heavenly body is the apparent angular elevation of the body above the plane of the horizon (see Astronomy: Spherical). Apparent altitude is the value which is directly observed; true altitude is deduced by correcting for astronomical refraction and.dip of the horizon; geocentric altitude by correcting for parallax.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Altitude'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/altitude.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Altitude'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/altitude.html. 1910.
