- altitude, height - elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache"
--1 is a kind of elevation
--1 has particulars: level; ceiling; ceiling - altitude - the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
--2 is a kind of distance, length
- elevation, EL, altitude, ALT - angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
--3 is a kind of angular position
- elevation, EL, altitude, ALT - angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)