augstums

From augsts (“high”) +‎ -ums.

augstums m (1st declension)

1. (chiefly in the singular) height, altitude (the quality of being high; the measure of how high something is)

   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

2. (geometry) perpendicular length from the base to the top (vertex) of a geometric figure

   cilindra, konusa, trīsstūra augstums ― the height of a cylinder, cone, triangle

3. (chiefly in the plural) heights (very high place)

   debesu augstumos riņķo vanags ― the hawk flies in cirlces in the heights of the sky

4. (figuratively, chiefly plural) heights (high social or professional situation, position)

   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

5. (of sounds) pitch (property of sounds that depends on the number of oscillationss per unit time of a vibrating body; perceived frequency)

   vienāda augstuma notis, skaņas ― notes, sounds with the same pitch