Latvian

Noun

augstums m (1st declension)

1. (chiefly in the singular) height, altitude (the quality of being high; the measure of how high something is)

   absolūtais augstums‎ ― altitude (lit. absolute height)

   kalna augstums ir 700 metrus virs jūras līmeņa‎ ― the height of the mountain is 700 meters above sea level

   lidmašīna lidoja 10 tūkstoš metru augstumā‎ ― the airplane is flying at an altitude of 10 thousand meters

2. (geometry) perpendicular length from the base to the top (vertex) of a geometric figure

   cilindra, konusa, trīsstūra augstums‎ ― the height of a cylinder, cone, triangle

3. (chiefly in the plural) heights (very high place)

   debesu augstumos riņķo vanags‎ ― the hawk flies in cirlces in the heights of the sky

4. (figuratively, chiefly plural) heights (high social or professional situation, position)

   noraudzīties no saviem augstumiem‎ ― to watch from one's heights (= high position)

   nolaisties no saviem augstumiem‎ ― to descend from one's heights (= high position)

   slavas augstumi‎ ― the heights of glory

5. (of sounds) pitch (property of sounds that depends on the number of oscillationss per unit time of a vibrating body; perceived frequency)

   vienāda augstuma notis, skaņas‎ ― notes, sounds with the same pitch

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