alturas

Alturas is the county seat of Modoc County, USA. The population was 2,896 at the 2001 census. The ZIP code for the community is 96101. As the county seat, the town is a home to regional government offices. There is a California Highway Patrol office and a state Department of Motor Vehicles office. Modoc Subdivision track of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Lake County Railroad, (of Lake County, Oregon) serve the area.
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n. height, altitude; elevation; tallness; highness, loftiness

n. height, altitude, stature; loftiness, eminence

= height, altitude.
Ex: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.
Ex: The museum restored many of its flood-damaged books by a process involving freezing, exposure to a vacuum equivalent to an altitude of 200,000 ft.
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* a estas alturas = by now.
* a la altura de = of the stature of, equal to.
* a la altura de la rodilla = knee-high.
* a la altura de los hombros = shoulder-high.
* a la misma altura que = in the same league as.
* altura del tipo movible = height-to-paper, type height.
* altura tipográfica = height-to-paper [heights-to-paper, -pl.].
* con la misma altura que = the full height of.
* de altura = high.
* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.
* estar a la altura de = live up to, be equal to.
* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to snuff, come up with + the goods.
* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to).
* estar a la altura de las expectativas = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.
* estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.
* estar a la altura de lo que se espera = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.
* estar a la misma altura que = rank with.
* gran altura = high altitude.
* no estar a la altura de las expectativas = fall below + expectations.
* no estar a la altura de lo que se espera = fall below + expectations, be below par, be under par.
* poner a la altura de las circunstancias = bring + Nombre + up to par.
* salto de altura = vertical jump.