alt
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High pitch, of a voice or instrument; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
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A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition.
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An alternate or secondary character.
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An alternate account.
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An alternative investment or alternative fund.
“liquid alts”
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Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
“alternate picking is a guitar playing technique”
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Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
“the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.”
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Other; alternative.
“He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality.”
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(of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
“Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).”
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Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
“an alternative proposition”
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Other; different from something else.
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Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
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Alternate, reciprocal.
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The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
“As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.”
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A vertical distance.
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The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
“The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.”
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The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
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Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
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(in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
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Highest point or degree.
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