What does height mean?

Definitions for height
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. height, tallnessnoun

    the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

  2. acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, topnoun

    the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

    "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

  3. stature, heightnoun

    (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot

  4. altitude, heightnoun

    elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface

    "the altitude gave her a headache"

Wiktionary

  1. heightnoun

    The distance from the base of something to the top.

  2. heightnoun

    The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

  3. heightnoun

    The highest point or maximum degree.

    She's at the height of her career.

  4. heightnoun

    an area of land at the top of a cliff.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Heightnoun

    Etymology: from high.

    Into what pit thou see’st,
    From what height fall’n. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.

    Abroad I’ll study thee,
    As he removes far off, that great heights takes. John Donne.

    There is in Ticinium, in Italy, a church that is in length one hundred feet, in breadth twenty, and in height near fifty. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    An amphitheatre appear’d,
    Rais’d in degrees, to sixty paces rear’d;
    That when a man was plac’d in one degree,
    Height was allow’d for him above to see. Dryden.

    An amphitheatre’s amazing height
    Here fills the eye with terror and delight. Addison.

    Guinea lieth to the North sea, in the same height as Peru to the South. George Abbot, Description of the World.

    From Alpine heights the father first descends;
    His daughter’s husband in the plain attends. John Dryden, Æn.

    Every man of learning need not enter into their difficulties, nor climb the heights to which some others have arrived. Isaac Watts.

    By him that rais’d me to this careful height,
    From that contented hap which I enjoy’d,
    I never did incense his majesty
    Against Clarence. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

    Ten kings had from the Norman conqu’ror reign’d,
    When England to her greatest height attain’d,
    Of pow’r, dominion, glory, wealth and state. Daniel.

    Putrefaction doth not rise to its height at once. Francis Bacon.

    Did not she
    Of Timna first betray me, and reveal
    The secret, wrested from me in the height
    Of nuptial love profess’d? John Milton, Agonistes.

    Hide me from the face
    Of God, whom to behold was then my height
    Of happiness! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

    Come on, sir; I shall now put you to the height of your breeding. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

    Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives, by the principles of our religion. Addis.

Wikipedia

  1. Height

    Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how "tall" something or someone is) or vertical position (how "high" a point is). For example, "The height of that building is 50 m" or "The height of an airplane in-flight is about 10,000 m". For example, "Christopher Columbus is 5 foot 2 inches in vertical height." When the term is used to describe vertical position (of, e.g., an airplane) from sea level, height is more often called altitude. Furthermore, if the point is attached to the Earth (e.g., a mountain peak), then altitude (height above sea level) is called elevation.In a two-dimensional Cartesian space, height is measured along the vertical axis (y) between a specific point and another that does not have the same y-value. If both points happen to have the same y-value, then their relative height is zero. In the case of three-dimensional space, height is measured along the vertical z axis, describing a distance from (or "above") the x-y plane.

ChatGPT

  1. height

    Height is a measurement of how tall a specific object is, or the distance from the base to the top of something. It can refer to how high something is above the ground or above a certain level, or it can describe the stature of a person. In mathematics, it can also refer to the length of the perpendicular line from one side of a figure to an opposing point or side.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Heightnoun

    the condition of being high; elevated position

  2. Heightnoun

    the distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature

  3. Heightnoun

    degree of latitude either north or south

  4. Heightnoun

    that which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights

  5. Heightnoun

    elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence

  6. Heightnoun

    progress toward eminence; grade; degree

  7. Heightnoun

    utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest

  8. Etymology: [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. hehu, hhu fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. hjd, Dan. hide, Icel. h, Goth. hauhia. See High.]

Wikidata

  1. Height

    Height is the measurement of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It can either indicate how "tall" something is, or how "high up" it is. For example "The height of the building is 50 m" or "The height of the airplane is 10,000 m". When used to describe how high something like an airplane or mountain peak is from sea level, height is more often called altitude. Height is measured along the vertical axis between a specified point and another point.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Height

    hīt, n. the condition of being high: distance upwards: that which is elevated: a hill: elevation in rank or excellence: utmost degree.—v.t. Height′en, to make higher, to advance or improve: to make brighter or more prominent. [Corr. of highth—A.S. híehtho, héahthuhéah, high.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. height

    Synonymous with hill, and meaning generally any ground above the common level of the place. Our early navigators used the word as a synonym of latitude.

Editors Contribution

  1. height

    A known measurement.

    The height of the person was measured.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HEIGHT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Height is ranked #18540 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Height surname appeared 1,488 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Height.

    49.1% or 732 total occurrences were White.
    44.9% or 669 total occurrences were Black.
    3.1% or 47 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.7% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'height' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2707

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'height' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3300

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'height' in Nouns Frequency: #969

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of height in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of height in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of height in a Sentence

  1. Ben Fogle:

    Up at that height, the air is very thin and most of us need supplementary oxygen, you can imagine the fear and the terror when that suddenly explodes.

  2. Senator Harris:

    >( CNN) In Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, Tulsi Gabbard decided to drop her opposition research book right on Kamala Harris. . duval-3 { width :100 % ; position : relative ; border : 1px solid # 979797 ; border-left : none ; border-right : none ; padding : 20px 0 ; box-sizing : border-box ; - webkit-box-sizing : border-box ; - moz-box-sizing : border-box ; margin : auto ; max-width : 660px ; }. duval-3 a { color : # 1a1a1a ; text-decoration : none ; font-size : 0 ; }. duval-3 a : hover { color : #d 9d9d9 ; text-decoration : underline ; - moz-text-decoration-color : #d 9d9d9 ; text-decoration-color : #d 9d9d9 ; }. duval-3 > a > * { vertical-align : top ; display : inline-block ; }. duval-3 > a > div { display : inline-block ; font-size :1.0666667 rem ; width : 80 % ; padding-top : 0px ; padding-left : 2 % ; }. duval-3 > a > img { width : 18 % ; height : auto ; } @media screen and( max-width :640 px) {. duval-3 > a > * { display : block ; margin : auto ; }. duval-3 > a > div { width : 100 % ; }. duval-3 > a > img { width : 50 % ; } } THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE ! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe ! Amid a broader conversation about criminal justice reform between the California senator and former Vice President Joe Biden, the moderators turned to the Hawaii congresswoman. And she unloaded : but I'm deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite but Senator Harris put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when Senator Harris was asked if Senator Harris ever smoked marijuana.

  3. Makan Delrahim:

    Another important parallel for modern observers is that consumers actually enjoyed lower prices during the height of Standard Oil's dominance.

  4. Julian Evans-Pritchard:

    This suggests that the economy is contracting at its fastest pace since the height of the initial Covid-19 outbreak in February 2020.

  5. Ian Russell:

    The anti-science, knuckle-dragging -- if not anti-vax, certainly vaccine-skeptic -- wing of the Republican Party that's on the rise these days, that's not how you win a general election, president Joe Biden needs Covid to be in the rearview mirror by the height of the election season next year in the midterms, so we've got to do everything we can -- within the bounds of reason -- to lower Covid cases so that we can fully reopen the economy, fully reopen schools and just be done with this. A vaccine mandate is a tool that President Joe Biden has to accomplish that goal of getting Covid in a rearview mirror.

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