Alternatively
(Al*ter"na*tive*ly), adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out
of two things.
Alternativeness
(Al*ter"na*tive*ness), n. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between
two.
Alternity
(Al*ter"ni*ty) n. [LL. alternitas.] Succession by turns; alternation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Althæa
(||Al*thæ"a, ||Al*the"a) n. [althaea, Gr. .] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It
includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus
Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Altheine
(Al*the"ine) n. (Chem.) Asparagine.
Altho
(Al*tho") conj. Although. [Reformed spelling]
Althorn
(Alt"horn`) n. [Alt + horn.] (Mus.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in
military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.
Although
(Al*though") conj. [All + though; OE. al thagh.] Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
Mark xiv. 29.
Syn. — Although, Though. Although, which originally was perhaps more emphatic than though, is
now interchangeable with it in the sense given above. Euphonic consideration determines the choice.
Altiloquence
(Al*til"o*quence) n. Lofty speech; pompous language. [R.] Bailey.
Altiloquent
(Al*til"o*quent) a. [L. altus (adv. alte) high + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.] High-
sounding; pompous in speech. [R.] Bailey.
Altimeter
(Al*tim"e*ter) n. [LL. altimeter; altus high + metrum, Gr. measure: cf. F. altimètre.] An instrument
for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Knight.
Altimetry
(Al*tim"e*try) n. [Cf. F. altimétrie.] The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Altincar
(Al*tin"car) n. See Tincal.
Altiscope
(Al"ti*scope) n. [L. altus high + Gr. to view.] An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which
enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
Altisonant
(Al*tis"o*nant) a. [L. altus high + sonans, p. pr. of sonare to sound.] High-sounding; lofty
or pompous. Skelton.
Altisonous
(Al*tis"o*nous) a. [L. altisonus.] Altisonant.
Altissimo
(||Al*tis"si*mo) n. [It.; superl. of alto.] (Mus.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.
Altitude
(Al"ti*tude) n. [L. altitudo, fr. altus high. Cf. Altar, Haughty, Enhance.]
1. Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above
the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of
a bird above the top of a tree.
2. (Astron.) The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by
the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent;