Vocabulary : Altiloquence to Altitude

Altiloquence : Lofty speech; pompous language.
Altiloquent : High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Altimeter : An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
Altimetry : The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Altincar : See Tincal.

Altiscope : An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
Altisonant : High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
Altisonous : Altisonant.
Altissimo : The part or notes situated above F in alt.
Altitude : Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree. ;; The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon. ;; The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc. ;; Height of degree; highest point or degree. ;; Height of rank or excellence; superiority. ;; Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.

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