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alˈtivolant, a. [ad. L. altivolant-em, f. alti- (comb. form of alt-us) high + volant-em flying; cf. altitonant.] ‘Flying on high’ (Blount).
1656in Blount (whence in Bailey, J., etc.). 1833W. E. Wall in Fraser's Mag. VIII. 659 Bore him altivolant from Salem's towers. 1960Aeroplane XCIX. 565/1 Another altivolant classification was for altitude sustained by an aircraft for 15–25 km. or 90 min. |