Definition of "high-altitude" []

• Occurring at or from a relative high altitude (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The congressionally mandated Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack called a high-altitude nuclear EMP one of the few ways an enemy could inflict "catastrophic" damage on the United States -- a fact Broad never mentions."
• "The doctor feared he was developing a potentially deadly condition called high-altitude cerebral edema."
• "When the group climbed down, he was examined at a clinic, where it was determined he was suffering from another condition known as high-altitude pulmonary edema, or excess fluid in the lungs."