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Height
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 The distance from the base to the top of something. countable, uncountable
"Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]"
- 2 (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot wordnet
- 3 The distance from the base to the top of something.; The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse). countable, uncountable
"— What's your height? — 180 centimetres."
- 4 elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface wordnet
- 5 The distance from the base to the top of something.; The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge. countable, uncountable
"The area of a triangle is "a half base times height"."
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- 6 the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top wordnet
- 7 The distance from the base to the top of something.; The amplitude of a sinusoid. countable, uncountable
- 8 the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development wordnet
- 9 The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. countable, uncountable
"We flew at a height of 15 000 meters."
- 10 A high point. countable, uncountable
"At length they arrived at the open road, skirted by a wide heath, bounded by the rising heights of the undulating country."
- 11 A high point.; The highest point or maximum degree. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"She's at the height of her career."
- 12 A high point.; A mountain, especially a very high one. countable, uncountable
- 13 A high point.; An area of land at the top of a cliff. countable, uncountable
- 14 A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).
English surname, spelling variant of Hight.
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