Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 5 compound words that contain altitude. The most common are listed below. Open altitude in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- High-altitude
- altitude sicknessA pathological condition caused by oxygen deficiency at high altitudes; symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, and nosebleed.
- transition altitudeThe altitude (which varies by country) above which an aircraft's barometric altimeters are set as if the sea-level atmospheric pressure were equal to 1013.25 hectopascals (regardless of the actual atmospheric conditions) and altitudes are …
- minimum descent altitudeThe lowest altitude at which an aircraft is permitted to fly during a non-precision approach without the runway being in clear sight.
- critical altitudethe altitude at which atmospheric pressure becomes constant as altitude increases
- pressure altitudeA measure of altitude inferred by the measurement of ambient pressure in differential with a reference pressure at a known altitude.
- absolute altitudeThe vertical distance between the airplane and the surface below.
- Terminal High Altitude Area DefenseA United States Army system designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in their terminal phase.
- altitude-sickSuffering from altitude sickness
- minimum sector altitudeThe lowest altitude which will provide a minimum clearance of 1000 ft (300 m) above all objects located in an area within a circular sector having a radius of 25 nautical miles (46 km) around a radio navigational aid.
Compound words 5
- altazimuthA telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation.
- midaltitudeAt a moderate altitude.
- bialtitudeA perpendicular to two opposite edges of a tetrahedron.
- coaltitudeThe complement of an altitude
- maltitudeAny of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.