absolute altitude

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut/, /ˌæb.səˈljut/ + IPA(key): /ˈæl.tɪˌtud/, /ˈæl.tɪˌtjud/

Noun

absolute altitude (countable and uncountable, plural absolute altitudes)

  1. (aviation) The vertical distance between the airplane and the surface below.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6
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