altitude vs spoke

altitude

noun
  • A vertical distance. 

  • The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level. 

  • The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon. 

  • Height of rank or excellence; superiority. 

  • Highest point or degree. 

  • The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex. 

spoke

noun
  • A rung of a ladder. 

  • A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 

  • A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. 

  • One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation. 

  • A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill. 

verb
  • simple past tense of speak 

  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. 

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