absolute height


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absolute height

The height of an aircraft directly above the surface or terrain over which it is flying. See also altitude.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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For #8-1 pier, the average absolute height of the box girder had been jacked up to 5.64 mm.
The height distribution along the middle symmetrical line of sample was scanned by NanoMap 500LS and its absolute height was measured to be 54 nm.
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The Ordnance Survey (OS) uses mean sea level as the starting point for measuring the absolute height of mountains and rising seas have put several UK peaks at risk.
Accuracies (absolute height error) of 10 cm) can be easily achieved with current commercially available equipment.
These same GPS measurements showed no significant changes of vertical movements of these tectonic zones because results of GPS measurement (vertical component - absolute height) are not determined with high precision.
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