Altitude dial
an adjustable sundial utilizing the alt-tude of the sun, at a given lat-tude and time of year, as a means of telling the time.
historical examples
the alt-tude dial’s finger almost jumped from forty thousand to thirty-five.
hawk c-rs- anthony gilmore
the alt-tude dial’s pointer reached for one thousand and slid past.
hawk c-rs- anthony gilmore
the alt-tude dial said that the water was three hundred feet beneath, and rapidly rising nearer.
under arctic ice h.g. winter
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relating to or height. historical examples the distributions of animals are influenced by geographic, vegetational, and alt-tudinal factors. mammals of mesa verde national park, colorado sydney anderson the wilson snipe migrates here to but little extent, and these migrations are alt-tudinal rather than lat-tudinal. game birds and game fishes of the pacific coast harry thom […]
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altm. altimeter
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the height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth. extent or distance upward; height. astronomy. the angular distance of a heavenly body above the horizon. geometry. the perpendicular distance from the vertex of a figure to the side opposite the vertex. the line through the vertex of a […]