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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE  

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  • A measure of height, especially of great height, as a mountain top or aircraft flight level. In meteorology, altitude is used almost exclusively with respect to the height of an airborne object above the earth's surface, above a constant pressure surface, or above mean sea level.

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