high altitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhighandaltitude
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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altitude
noun[C]
uk/ˈæl.tɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈæl.tə.tuːd/
height above ...
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(Definition ofhighandaltitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Athighaltitude, where productivity is low, there are no sites where terrace investments are always profitable.
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A rare mist created by ahighaltitudewind.
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For consider a supersonic vehicle cruising athighaltitude.
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These differences would appear to favour transmission and may be interpreted as strategies associated with adaptation tohighaltitudeconditions.
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A dummy variable forhighaltitudeseparates the study region into two major climate zones.
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In general, low prevalences of dirofilariasis were found in areas withhighaltitudeor high wind speed.
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Placental villus morpholgy in relation to maternal hypoxia athighaltitude.
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The later appearance of adults athighaltitudeis considered to be largely the consequence of low temperatures during the post-diapause development.
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One relatively inexpensive way of doing this is to use ahighaltitudeballoon as a launch platform.
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Unfortunately, little is known about the effects of veryhighaltitudeupon parasite species.
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This is different, when ahighaltitudetemperature inversion is present, so that clear skies can result in high potential evaporation figures.
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In thehighaltitudeenvironment, oxygen and air density decrease, temperature and humidity are low and there is an increase in radioactivity.
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