absolute altitude meaning

  "absolute altitude" in a sentence
[Engineering]
"Altitude above the actual surface, either land or water, of a planet or natural satellite."

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  1. the determination of absolute altitudes on the moon meets with difficulties because of the lack of a definite zero reference.
  2. Its height measures between ( absolute altitude ).
  3. Cobb went on to set new world records for speed, distance, and absolute altitude while still in her twenties.
  4. The erosive relief of the middle part of the mountains occupies absolute altitudes in a range of 1700 up to 3000 m.
  5. Absolute altitude is sometimes referred to as "'height "'because it is the height above the underlying terrain.

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