ύψος — meaning in English

English meaning

• altitude noun The height of something above sea level or the ground.
• height noun The measurement of how tall something or someone is, from base to top.
• pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.

Senses

ύψος is used for these senses in English:

• altitude (geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.

altitude — full definition

1. noun The height of something above sea level or the ground.
2. noun In geometry, the perpendicular distance from a shape's vertex to the opposite side.

height — full definition

1. noun The measurement of how tall something or someone is, from base to top.
2. noun The highest or most intense point of something.

Related Greek words