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nonaltitudinal en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + altitudinal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not based on or concerning altitude.
    • The single equilibrium line afforded by the AAR method implies that mass balance over a glacier's surface is uniform, that is, unaffected by local nonaltitudinal variations in precipitation, energy balance, and so forth. 1999, David M. Mickelson, John W. Attig, Glacial Processes, Past and Present, page 108:
    • Humphrey visual field in superior segmental hypoplasia showing a nonaltitudinal inferior visual field defect with milder superior depression. 2005, Neil R. Miller, Frank Burton Walsh, William Fletcher Hoyt, Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology, page 157:
    • A nonaltitudinal classification system of birds and other animals: Morris, Power of Animals, 144–45. 2016, Nancy J. Jacobs, Birders of Africa: History of a Network, page 255: