altitude

height in relation to a certain reference point as a general concept
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Summary

altitude is a concept[1]. altitude draws 3,419 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #1,661 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: height[3], physical quantity[4]
  • Commons category: Altitude[5]
  • Opposite of: depth[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8]
  • Related Wikidata property: P2254[9]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Altitude[10]
  • Measurement scale: z-axis[11]
  • Different from: elevation[12], height[13], geopotential height[14], height above mean sea level[15], altitude[16], flight height[17], aircraft altitude[18]
  • P14541: 1iDHAF[19]
  • P14870: ont00000787[20]

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Influence

Things named for altitude include Marilleva 900[21], a locality[22], in Italy[23] and Marilleva 1400[24], a locality[25], in Italy[26].

Why It Matters

altitude has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] altitude is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for altitude include Marilleva 900[21], a locality[22], in Italy[23] and Marilleva 1400[24], a locality[25], in Italy[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Common Core Ontologies. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 70
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Altitude
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bat_smg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'dv', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge sitelink to redirect to shwiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
  2. 5w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000787
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  3. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → height in relation to a certain reference point as a general concept
    Instance of → concept
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Altitude
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000787"
  4. 6w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Altitude marker, Lismore.jpg, Moving to elevation"
  5. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19220
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C19220, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  6. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1iDHAF
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related wikidata property → P2254
    Opposite of → depth
    Measurement scale → z-axis
    Different from → elevation, height, geopotential height +5
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294880205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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