Meaning of augstums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. height, altitude (the quality of being high; the measure of how high something is)
   declension-1, masculine, singular
2. perpendicular length from the base to the top (vertex) of a geometric figure
   declension-1, masculine
3. heights (very high place)
   declension-1, in-plural, masculine
4. heights (high social or professional situation, position)
   declension-1, figuratively, masculine, plural
5. pitch (property of sounds that depends on the number of oscillationss per unit time of a vibrating body; perceived frequency)
   declension-1, masculine

Examples

“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

“cilindra, konusa, trīsstūra augstums”

the height of a cylinder, cone, triangle

“debesu augstumos riņķo vanags”

the hawk flies in cirlces in the heights of the sky

“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

“vienāda augstuma notis, skaņas”

notes, sounds with the same pitch

CEFR level