altitude

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The name suggests altitude, and this whitewashed village of barely 2,000 in the Algarve region is only a half-hour’s drive inland from the beach town of Albufeira and its package-tour mobs but feels centuries away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Their small size and low altitude allow them to slip through aerial defence systems.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Merops can travel at speeds of more than 180 miles an hour and reach an altitude of up to around 16,000 feet, according to one user.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

These include the small number of satellites and tracking stations, the high orbital altitude of the satellites, which restricts detection to broad gravitational patterns, and the relatively low resolution of the gravitational measurements.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

I wonder: How do you show altitude on a flat map?

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes