Heighth
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of height. alt-of, alternative, proscribed
"And from hence also shall be the geodesy of the Icosaedrum. For the finding out of the heighth of the pyramis, there is the semidiagony of the side of the decangle and the halfe ray of the circle: But the side of the decangle is a right line subtending the halfe periphery of the side of the quinquangle, or else the greater segment of the ray proportionally cut."
Example
More examples"And from hence also shall be the geodesy of the Icosaedrum. For the finding out of the heighth of the pyramis, there is the semidiagony of the side of the decangle and the halfe ray of the circle: But the side of the decangle is a right line subtending the halfe periphery of the side of the quinquangle, or else the greater segment of the ray proportionally cut."
Etymology
From Old English hēahþu, hīehþu, equivalent to high + -th. Cognate with Dutch hoogte (“height”).
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