altitude

Related to altitude: altitude sickness

be in (one's) altitudes

obsolete To be inebriated. That gentleman becomes most uncivil when he is in his altitudes.
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in the altitudes

Intoxicated, with the connotation of being "high" (overly cheerful, unable to focus) as well. A: "Don't mind him, he's just in the altitudes." B: "Seriously? How is he drunk already?" Once I get in the altitudes, I usually can't stop giggling!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be in (one's) altitudes
  • in the altitudes
  • get stupid
  • have one over (the) eight
  • one over the eight
  • be one over (the) eight
  • be/have one over the eight
  • have a few
  • have had a few
  • lubricated
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To assess the relationship between weekly TL and TV at sea-level and altitude, weekly TL was divided by weekly TV to give a load/volume ratio.
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However, there are many challenges associated with conducting research at high altitude. In addition, to undertake the so-called 'most dangerous flight in the world' from Kathmandu to Lukla airport, a two-day trek at c.
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Altitude illness is characterised by tissue hypoxia and oedema, particularly in the brain and lungs.
All patients were lowlanders and were temporarily staying at high altitude (more than 8,000 feet above sea level).
Our objective was to find out whether any described mood changes occur in our courageous volunteers serving at very high altitude, and to what extent.
None of the participants had slept at high altitude (>2500m) during the last six months prior to the study, and none was taking any medication during the study.
This study was carried out at high and low altitude areas of Aseer province in the Southwestern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The group cycling altitude studio at Talise Fitness, the Madinat Jumeirah gym, is the only facility of its kind in the Middle East.
Objective: To determine the effect of high altitude on Erectile function in otherwise healthy individuals and associated socio demographic factors.
has selected JP Aerospace to design and build a high Altitude Platform prototype vehicle.
The test article used was the exact engine that experienced a loss of power event after the ingestion of ice crystals while operating at high altitude during a 1997 Honeywell flight test campaign investigating the turbofan engine ice crystal icing phenomena.
Sudden infant death syndrome and residential altitude, David Katz et al., Pediatrics, doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-2697
The objective of this study was to investigate anemia and iron profile of hemodialysis patients perma-nently living at moderate altitude (2400m) and to monitor their response to erythropoietin (Epo) treat-ment.