All 7 Uses of
altitude
in
The Angel Experiment
- Outside, he lost altitude too fast and landed clumsily on a rickety roof beam.†
p. 37.6
- She hunched her shoulders and tucked her head down, feeling herself lose altitude.†
p. 39.9
- When I got close to the meeting place, I started circling big, losing altitude slowly while examining the ground, the cliffs, the shadows.†
p. 50.4
- I squinted and focused, all the time gaining altitude.
p. 50.8 *altitude = elevation (height)
- Angel had managed to stay airborne all this time, but she was sagging and losing altitude.†
p. 66.7
- Fang nodded at me, and we aimed downward, enjoying the heady rush of losing altitude.†
p. 112.3
- Total seemed to like the wind whistling through his fur, and the altitude didn't seem to be bothering his breathing yet.†
p. 135.8
Definition:
elevation (height) -- typically above sea level or above the earth's surface
or:
(metaphorically) a desirable height
or:
(metaphorically) a desirable height