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absolute altitude

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noun

Aeronautics.

  1. the vertical distance between a flying aircraft, rocket, etc., and the point on the earth's surface directly below it, as measured by an electronic altimeter absolute altimeter.

Etymology

Origin of absolute altitude

First recorded in 1930–35

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