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transition altitudes

transition altitudes is the plural of transition altitude.

Meaning of transition altitude

Noun

transition altitude (usually uncountable, plural transition altitudes)

  1. (usually) The altitude (which varies by country) above which an aircraft's barometric altimeters are set as if the sea-level atmospheric pressure were equal to 1013.25 hectopascals (regardless of the actual atmospheric conditions) and altitudes are reported as flight levels.

Questions about transition altitudes

What is transition altitudes the plural of?
Transition altitudes is the plural of transition altitude.

Words near transition altitudes in the dictionary

  1. transiters
  2. transiting
  3. transitings
  4. transition
  5. transition altitude
  6. transition altitudes
  7. transition economies
  8. transition economy
  9. transition element
  10. transition elements
  11. transition function

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