el

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level

From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L).

[EL] In a later hand. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle
"El diabolo!" "And so brave! — The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure, Rex Beach
I soon saw Garcia el Tuerto. — Carmen, Prosper Mérimée

elevation, altitude, ALT

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