APage 162
- English Word Although Definition Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
- English Word Altiloquence Definition Lofty speech; pompous language.
- English Word Altiloquent Definition High-sounding; pompous in speech.
- English Word Altimeter Definition An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
- English Word Altimetry Definition The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
- English Word Altincar Definition See Tincal.
- English Word Altiscope Definition An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
- English Word Altisonant Definition High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
- English Word Altisonous Definition Altisonant.
- English Word Altissimo Definition The part or notes situated above F in alt.
- English Word Altitude Definition 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 another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
- English Word Altitude Definition The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
- English Word Altitude Definition The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.
- English Word Altitude Definition Height of degree; highest point or degree.
- English Word Altitude Definition Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- English Word Altitude Definition Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
- English Word Altitudinal Definition Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.
- English Word Altitudinarian Definition Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
- English Word Altivolant Definition Flying high.
- English Word Alto Definition Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
- English Word Alto Definition An alto singer.
- English Word Alto-relievo Definition Alto-rilievo.
- English Word Alto-rilievo Definition High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.
- English Word Alto-rilievos Definition of Alto-rilievo
- English Word Altogether Definition All together; conjointly.
- English Word Altogether Definition Without exception; wholly; completely.
- English Word Altometer Definition A theodolite.
- English Word Altos Definition of Alto
- English Word Altrical Definition Like the articles.
- English Word Altrices Definition Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces.