sea level
noun
: the level of the surface of the sea especially at its mean position midway between mean high and low water compare ground level sense 1a
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Flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange shows the plane dropping at a rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute while only 600 feet above sea level.
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Gregory Wallace, CNN, 15 June 2024
Surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, and a mile above sea level, Denver offers mild, dry, and sunny weather.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2024
The Boeing 777-200 reached an altitude of 2,200 feet about a minute after takeoff from Maui on Dec. 18, 2022, before plunging to 775 feet above sea level nearly 20 seconds later.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 June 2024
But the site where his remains were found, located 9,100 feet above sea level, is in a rocky, dry environment that’s too cold to support the mosquitoes that spread the disease.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
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Gregory Wallace, CNN, 15 June 2024
Surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, and a mile above sea level, Denver offers mild, dry, and sunny weather.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2024
The Boeing 777-200 reached an altitude of 2,200 feet about a minute after takeoff from Maui on Dec. 18, 2022, before plunging to 775 feet above sea level nearly 20 seconds later.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 June 2024
But the site where his remains were found, located 9,100 feet above sea level, is in a rocky, dry environment that’s too cold to support the mosquitoes that spread the disease.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
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“Sea level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20level. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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