height.
The distance from the base to the top of something.
Meaning & usage
The distance from the base to the top of something.
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).
— What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
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.
The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".
The distance from the base to the top of something. The amplitude of a sinusoid.
The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.
I'm afraid of heights.
A high point.
A high point. The highest point or maximum degree.
She's at the height of her career.
A high point. A mountain, especially a very high one.
A high point. An area of land at the top of a cliff.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kówkos Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu Old English hīehþu Middle English heighte English height 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). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first as a variant, by analogy with the underlying adjective. 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”).
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