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ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 764 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ALM-ANC
ALTITUDE (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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