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true altitude — i. The actual height above sea level. The calibrated altitude corrected for air temperature. See altitude. ii. The actual altitude of a celestial body above the celestial horizon. The observed altitude must be corrected for several variables… … Aviation dictionary
true altitude — noun : the pressure altitude corrected for temperature … Useful english dictionary
Altitude — For other uses, see Altitude (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Attitude. Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used (aviation, geometry, geographical survey, sport, and more). As a general definition, altitude… … Wikipedia
altitude — i. The vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point, measured from mean sea level (ICAO). In the case of aircraft in flight, it is normally expressed in flight levels or hundreds of feet. For example, an aircraft… … Aviation dictionary
altitude — The vertical distance of a level, a point or an object considered as a point, measured from mean sea level. See also density altitude; drop altitude; elevation; minimum safe altitude; pressure altitude; transition altitude; true altitude … Military dictionary
altitude datum — The arbitrary level from which vertical displacement is measured. The datum for height measurement is the terrain directly below the aircraft or some specified datum; for pressure altitude, the level at which the atmospheric pressure is 29.92… … Military dictionary
altitude datum — The arbitrary level from which vertical displacement is measured. The datum for height measurement is the terrain directly below the aircraft or some specified datum; for pressure altitude, the level at which the atmospheric pressure is 1013.2… … Aviation dictionary
True airspeed — (TAS) is the speed of an aircraft relative to the airmass in which it flies, i.e. the magnitude of the vector difference of the velocity of the aircraft and the velocity of the air. Under zero wind conditions and in horizontal flight, this is… … Wikipedia
Altitude — Al ti*tude, n. [L. altitudo, fr. altus high. Cf. {Altar}, {Haughty}, {Enhance}.] 1. Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
true height — absoliutusis aukštis statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Aukštis virš jūros lygio. atitikmenys: angl. absolute altitude; true height vok. absolute Höhe, f; wahre Höhe, f rus. абсолютная высота, f pranc. altitude, f;… … Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas
