The man of law began to get into his altitude.
Sir W. Scott.
Meridian altitude, an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.
Al`ti*tu"di*nal (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.
Al`ti*tu`di*na"ri*an (&?;), a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [R.] Coleridge.
Al*tiv"o*lant (&?;), a. [L. altivolans. See Volant.] Flying high. [Obs.] Blount.
Al"to (&?;), n.; pl. Altos (&?;). [It. alto high, fr. L. altus. Cf. Alt.] 1. (Mus.) 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.