Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or up direction, between a reference datum and a point or object Altitude, like elevation, is the distance above sea level The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometry, geographical survey, sport, or atmospheric pressure).
The vertical elevation of an object above a surface (such as sea level or land) of a planet or natural satellite. See examples of altitude used in a sentence. Find the elevation, altitude or relief of a location or path drawn on a map
Altitude sports and entertainment is your home for the best coverage of the denver nuggets, colorado avalanche, colorado mammoth and colorado rapids. Altitude is also the distance measured by an angle made by a point on the earth to a star and to the horizon (= place where earth and sky seem to meet). The height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.
