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Measure of vertical distance
Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how "tall" something or someone is) or vertical position (how "high" a point is). For an
Height
Aspect of human growth
Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer
Human_height
Below is a table which reports the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the table, original studies and sources
Heights_distribution
Difference between the elevations of a crest and a neighbouring trough
dynamics, the wave height of a surface wave is the difference between the elevations of a crest and a neighboring trough. Wave height is a term used by
Wave_height
candidates of the United States is useful for evaluating what role, if any, height plays in presidential elections in the United States. Some observers have
Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States
Heights_of_presidents_and_presidential_candidates_of_the_United_States
Role of body height in sports
Height can significantly influence success in sports, depending on how the design of the sport is linked to factors that are height-biased due to physics
Height_in_sports
Measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body
The metacentric height (GM) is a measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body. It is calculated as the distance between the centre of
Metacentric_height
Prejudice or discrimination against individuals based on height
Height discrimination is prejudice or discrimination against individuals based on height. In principle, it refers to the discriminatory treatment against
Height_discrimination
Vertical measurement of the independence of a summit
(also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) is the relative height of a mountain or hill's summit
Topographic_prominence
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high
List of mountains by elevation
List_of_mountains_by_elevation
American football player (born 2001)
Romello Height (born April 13, 2001) is an American professional football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL)
Romello_Height
Measuring device
A height gauge is a measuring device used for determining the height of objects, and for marking of items to be worked on. These measuring tools are used
Height_gauge
intended here as enclosed structures with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least 350 metres (1,148 ft). Such definition excludes non-building
List_of_tallest_buildings
American activist (1912–2010)
Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of Foundational
Dorothy_Height
Mathematical functions that quantify complexity
A height function is a function that quantifies the complexity of mathematical objects. In Diophantine geometry, height functions quantify the size of
Height_function
Altitude above geoid or mean sea level
The orthometric height (symbol H) is the vertical distance along the plumb line from a point of interest to a reference surface known as the geoid, the
Orthometric_height
Enclosed structure
excluding scientific or highly skillful treatment." Structural height in technical usage is the height to the highest architectural detail on the building from
Building
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up height in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Height is the measurement of vertical distance. Height may also refer to: Height (abelian group), an
Height_(disambiguation)
The study of height and intelligence examines correlations between human height and human intelligence. Some epidemiological research on the subject has
Height_and_intelligence
Vertical distance between top of the platform and top of the rail
platform height is the built height – above top of rail (ATR) – of passenger platforms at stations. A connected term is train floor height, which refers
Railway_platform_height
Height channels are audio channels in surround sound multichannel audio. Height channels are located above the listening area and increase the sound field
Height_channels
Geographic coordinate system
(north/south) ϕ, longitude (east/west) λ, and ellipsoidal height h (also known as geodetic height). The triad is also known as Earth ellipsoidal coordinates
Geodetic_coordinates
Elevation of a location above a standardized sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a
Height_above_mean_sea_level
Altitude above quasigeoid or mean sea level
unit metre, m) is a type of height above sea level introduced by the Soviet scientist Mikhail Molodenskii. The normal height of a point is defined as the
Normal_height
The flying height or floating height or head gap is the distance between the disk read/write head on a hard disk drive and the platter. The first commercial
Flying_height
Type of altitude above mean sea level
Geopotential height, also known as geopotential altitude or geopotential elevation, is a vertical coordinate (with dimension of length) representing the
Geopotential_height
Height difference between a skyscraper's pinnacle and its highest usable floor
Vanity height is defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) as the height difference between a skyscraper's pinnacle and the highest
Vanity_height
In mathematics, the height of an element g of an abelian group A is an invariant that captures its divisibility properties: it is the largest natural number
Height_(abelian_group)
world by height, classified into two categories — natural and artificial. Natural waterfalls are further subdivided between overall height and tallest
List_of_waterfalls_by_height
Dynamic height (symbol H d {\displaystyle H^{\text{d}}} or H dyn {\displaystyle H^{\text{dyn}}} ) is a way of specifying the vertical position of a point
Dynamic_height
(164 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human or animal figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth)
List_of_tallest_statues
Ground device to measure aircraft altitude
A height finder is a ground-based aircraft altitude measuring device. Early height finders were optical range finder devices combined with simple mechanical
Height_finder
Tree height is the vertical distance between the base of the tree and the tip of the highest branch on the tree, and is difficult to measure accurately
Tree_height_measurement
In telecommunications, the effective height of an antenna is the height of the antenna's center of radiation above the ground. In low-frequency applications
Effective_height
Laws that restrict the maximum height of structures
Height restriction laws are laws that restrict the maximum height of structures. There are a variety of reasons for these measures. Some restrictions
Height_restriction_laws
Distance between the base of a tire and the lowest point of the automobile
Ride height or ground clearance is the amount of space between the base of an automobile tire and the lowest point of the automobile, typically the bottom
Ride_height
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
"Empire State", the nickname of New York state. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall including
Empire_State_Building
Measurement of letters in a typeface
x-height, or corpus size, is the distance between the baseline and the mean line of lowercase letters in a typeface. Typically, this is the height of
X-height
In number theory, the Néron–Tate height (or canonical height) is a quadratic form on the Mordell–Weil group of rational points of an abelian variety defined
Néron–Tate_height
Problem in formal language theory
The star height problem in formal language theory is the question whether all regular languages can be expressed using regular expressions of limited star
Star_height_problem
1957 Soviet film
The Height (Russian: Высота, Translit.: Vysota) is a 1957 Soviet romantic drama film produced at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksander Zarkhi after the novel
The_Height
Tallest person in recorded history (1918–1940)
raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri. Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) while his weight reached 439 lb (199 kg) at his
Robert_Wadlow
Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the
Elevation
Combination of two adjacent vowel sounds
that is neither opening nor closing is height-harmonic diphthongs, with both elements at the same vowel height. These may have occurred in Old English:
Diphthong
2000 studio album by Spineshank
The Height of Callousness is the second studio album by American metal band Spineshank, released on October 10, 2000, through Roadrunner Records. It was
The_Height_of_Callousness
Sound in spoken language, articulated with an open vocal tract
cardinal vowel system to describe vowels in terms of the features of tongue height (vertical dimension), tongue backness (horizontal dimension) and roundedness
Vowel
In aviation, reference datum height (RDH) is the height of a point, located above the intersection of the runway centre line and the threshold, through
Reference_datum_height
An automatic height controller (AHC) is an electronic suspension system that automatically adjusts a vehicle's ride height in response to driving conditions
Automatic_height_controller
pulses of each height in registers or channels, thus recording a pulse-height spectrum or pulse-height distribution used for later pulse-height analysis. PHAs
Pulse-height_analyzer
Thickness of a cloud
The cloud height, more commonly known as cloud thickness or depth, is the distance between the cloud base and the cloud top. It is traditionally expressed
Cloud_height
United States. Its spire brings the structure to a symbolic architectural height of 1,776 feet (541 m), connoting the year the Declaration of Independence
List of tallest buildings in the United States
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_United_States
Measure of the distribution of body fat
The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR, or WSR: waist-to-stature ratio) is the waist circumference divided by body height, both measured in the same units. WHtR
Waist-to-height_ratio
This list of flagpoles by height includes completed flagpoles which are either free–standing or supported, excluding the height of any pedestal (plinth)
List_of_flagpoles_by_height
Height measured with respect to the underlying ground surface
broadcasting, a height above ground level (AGL or HAGL) is a height measured with respect to the underlying ground surface. This is as opposed to height above mean
Height_above_ground_level
Point of known height on a map
A spot height is an exact point on a map with an elevation recorded beside it that represents its height above a given datum. In the UK this is the Ordnance
Spot_height
Desk for working while standing up
Standing desks are designed to be of adjustable height so they can be used while sitting, or crafted to a height that can only be used while standing. Several
Standing_desk
Measurement of the shape of a tooth
Height of curvature in the tooth can be defined as the line encircling a tooth at its greatest bulge to a selected path of insertion. The height of curvature
Height_of_curvature
Height of a capital letter above the baseline
typography, cap height is the height of a capital letter above the baseline for a particular typeface. It specifically is the height of capital letters
Cap_height
Skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
world's tallest structure, with a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding the antenna, but including a
Burj_Khalifa
Medical practice to correct deformity
relative to body length Psychological problems related to lack of body height. Types of anthropometric cosmetology: Anthropometric correction for tibia
Anthropometric_cosmetology
Battle for Height 958, known in Ukrainian sources as the Battle of Makivka (Ukrainian: Бої за Маківку) was a relatively small Russian operation to gain
Battle_for_Height_958
Standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree
Diameter at breast height, or DBH, is a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree. DBH is one of the most common
Diameter_at_breast_height
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
tallest structure in New York City on April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building. The tower's steel structure was topped out
One_World_Trade_Center
mathematics, the height zeta function of an algebraic variety or more generally a subset of a variety encodes the distribution of points of given height. If S is
Height_zeta_function
Type of raster image in computer graphics
displacement or "height" from the "floor" of a surface and sometimes visualized as luma of a grayscale image, with black representing minimum height and white
Heightmap
Suicide method
Suicide by jumping from height is a common suicide method where a person jumps and falls from a dangerous location, such as from a high window, balcony
Suicide by jumping from height
Suicide_by_jumping_from_height
Park in Macau
Coloane Height Park (previously known as Coloane Park) is a large park on the southern section of Coloane in Macau that opened in 1985. Features of the
Coloane_Height_Park
Mean wave height of the highest third of the waves
physical oceanography, the significant wave height (SWH, HTSGW or Hs) is defined traditionally as the mean wave height (trough to crest) of the highest third
Significant_wave_height
In mathematics, dimension of a ring
The height is also sometimes called the codimension, rank, or altitude of a prime ideal. In a Noetherian ring, every prime ideal has finite height. Nonetheless
Krull_dimension
Measure of fetal growth
Fundal height, or McDonald's rule, is a measurement of the size of the uterus used to assess fetal growth and development during pregnancy. It is measured
Fundal_height
Geometric shape
of the product of the area of the base A B {\displaystyle A_{B}} and the height h {\displaystyle h} V = 1 3 A B h . {\displaystyle V={\frac {1}{3}}A_{B}h
Cone
Distance over which a quantity decreases by a factor of e
In physics, a scale height, usually denoted by the capital letter H, is a distance (vertical or radial) over which a physical quantity decreases by a factor
Scale_height
Relative weight based on mass and height
mass (weight) and height of a person. BMI is calculated as the body mass, in kilograms (kg), divided by the square of the body height, in square metres
Body_mass_index
Airship in which the envelope is supported by a framework
with their gasbags inflated to about 95% capacity: as the airship gains height the lifting gas expands as the surrounding atmospheric pressure reduces
Rigid_airship
specifically in the theory of commutative rings, Serre's inequality on height states: given a (Noetherian) regular ring A and a pair of prime ideals p
Serre's_inequality_on_height
hills of Japan, ordered by height. As the generally accepted definition of a mountain (versus a hill) is 1000 m of height and 500 m of prominence, the
List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List_of_mountains_and_hills_of_Japan_by_height
Aspect of a person's face
Facial width to height ratio (fWHR) is a measure of the width of a person's face compared to its height. Research has shown that higher FWHR is associated
Facial_width_to_height_ratio
Earth's highest mountain
the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in 2020 through a joint survey by Nepalese and
Mount_Everest
which would have been a record at the time. Modern estimates suggest a height of 122 metres (400 feet), which would not have been a record. It was destroyed
History of the world's tallest structures
History_of_the_world's_tallest_structures
Purported type of inferiority complex
around 1.57 metres, imperial measure. Though Napoleon was close to average height for his era, British cartoonist James Gillray nonetheless popularized the
Napoleon_complex
Ocean shape without winds and tides
use, the height over the mean sea level (such as orthometric height, H) is used to indicate the height of elevations while the ellipsoidal height, h, results
Geoid
Position along a vertical direction above or below a given vertical datum
Drying height Dynamic height Ellipsoidal height Geocentric altitude Geopotential Height above mean sea level Height above average terrain Height above
Vertical_position
Act of Congress
The Height of Buildings Act of 1910 was an Act of Congress passed by the 61st United States Congress on June 1, 1910, to limit the height of buildings
Height of Buildings Act of 1910
Height_of_Buildings_Act_of_1910
Commonly used display resolutions
A display resolution standard is a commonly used width and height dimension (display resolution) of an electronic visual display device, measured in pixels
Display_resolution_standards
Topics referred to by the same term
Height of Fashion may refer to: The Height of Fashion (album), a 2004 re-release of Fabrique by English new wave band Fashion Height of Fashion (horse)
Height_of_Fashion
American musician (born 1978)
Friends-era lineup. Nolan is also a solo artist and has recorded an album called Height and "Live at Looney Tunes." John Thomas Nolan was born in Baltimore, Maryland
John_Nolan_(musician)
African American comedian and dancer
Bob Height was an American 19th-century African-American blackface minstrel performer. He was a standout talent in the companies with which he performed
Bob_Height
the tallest structures in the US that are at least 350 meters, ordered by height. Most are guyed masts used for FM- and TV-broadcasting: List of tallest
List of tallest structures in the United States by height
List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_United_States_by_height
Automobile suspension systems
Height adjustable suspension is a feature of certain automobile suspension systems that allow the motorist to vary the ride height or ground clearance
Height_adjustable_suspension
over 100 meters (328 feet). For all structures, the pinnacle height is given, so the height of skyscrapers may differ from the values at List of skyscrapers
List_of_tallest_structures
Any node-based binary search tree that automatically keeps its height the same
increasing tree height, so that these abstract data structures receive the attribute "self-balancing". For height-balanced binary trees, the height is defined
Self-balancing binary search tree
Self-balancing_binary_search_tree
Elevated terrain that separates neighbouring drainage basins
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins.
Drainage_divide
Convex quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides
The height (or altitude) is the perpendicular distance between the bases. In the case that the two bases have different lengths (a ≠ b), the height of
Trapezoid
Perpendicular line segment from a triangle's side to opposite vertex
altitude. The length of the altitude, often simply called "the altitude" or "height", symbol h, is the distance between the foot and the apex. The process of
Altitude_(triangle)
1981 Philippine action comedy film by Eddie Nicart
For Y'ur Height Only (also known as For Your Height Only) is a 1981 Philippine action comedy spy film starring Weng Weng. Its title is a play on words
For_Y'ur_Height_Only
Title of multiple roadside attractions
measured at 8.06 feet (2.46 m) in diameter and 10.83 feet (3.30 m) in height.[needs update] In Cawker City, Kansas, Frank Stoeber created a ball that
Biggest_ball_of_twine
Largest pyramid in the Giza Necropolis, Egypt
smooth white limestone casing was removed, which lowered the pyramid's height to the current 138.5 metres (454.4 ft); what is seen today is the underlying
Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
Reference surface for vertical positions
cited in height above sea level, although what "sea level" actually means is a more complex issue than might at first be thought: the height of the sea
Vertical_datum
Napoleon Napoleon's height was 5 ft 2 French inches according to Antommarchi at Napoleon's autopsy and British sources put his height at 5 foot and 4 British
Cultural depictions of Napoleon
Cultural_depictions_of_Napoleon
2016 Nepali film directed by Dipendra K Khanal
Chapali Height 2 is a Nepali psychological thriller film directed by Dipendra K. Khanal and produced by Arjun Kumar. The film stars Avash Shrestha, Paramita
Chapali_Height_2
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Girl/Female
Muslim
Success, Height
Boy/Male
Muslim
Hill, Heights
Boy/Male
Muslim
Famous, On the top, Heights, Greatest
Girl/Female
Muslim
Altitude, Height, High, Development
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : occupational name for a maker of helmets, from the adopted Old French term he(a)umier, from he(a)ume ‘helmet’, of Germanic origin. Compare Helm 2.English : variant of Holmer.Americanized form of the Greek family name Homiros or one of its patronymic derivatives (Homirou, Homiridis, etc.). This was not only the name of the ancient Greek epic poet (classical Greek Homēros), but was also borne by a martyr venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church.Slovenian : topographic name for someone who lived on a hill, from hom (dialect form of holm ‘hill’, ‘height’) + the German suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.The American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was of old New England stock dating back to Captain John Homer, an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic in his own ship and settled in Boston about 1636.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Altitude, Height, High, Development
Boy/Male
Muslim
Famous, On the top, Heights, Greatest
Boy/Male
Muslim
Height, Altitude, Elevation
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire)
English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire) : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’ + the agent suffix -er.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prashanhti | பà¯à®°à®·à®¾à®¨à¯à®¹à¯à®¤à¯€Â
Height piece
Prashanhti | பà¯à®°à®·à®¾à®¨à¯à®¹à¯à®¤à¯€Â
Girl/Female
Indian
Elf friend, Highest, Height
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : apparently a habitational name from South Heighton in East Sussex, named from Old English hēah ‘high’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. However, the high concentration of the modern name in the Midland region suggests that in many cases it is likely to be a variant of Hayton, specifically from the places so named in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire.
Boy/Male
Indian
Hill, Heights
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Elf friend, Highest, Height
Girl/Female
Muslim
Elf friend, Highest, Height
Girl/Female
Muslim
Name of lion, Height
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hight.
Girl/Female
Indian
Elf friend, Highest, Height
Girl/Female
Muslim
Height, Uprising, Sound
HEIGHT
HEIGHT
Female
Swiss
, bitter, or, rebellion.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Talent of Sea
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Lover of Song
Girl/Female
Muslim Arabic
Learned. Wise.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess of gold, Daughter
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian, Telugu
Part of Life
Girl/Female
Biblical
Sleeping.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, French, Scandinavian
Godly Protection
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
The Moon
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English, French
Renowned Land
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n.
One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.
n.
One who, or that which, heightens.
v.
To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
v. i.
To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.
n.
A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
a.
Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Heighten
n.
A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
v. t.
To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
n.
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.
n.
An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly size.
imp. & p. p.
of Heighten
n.
A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
n.
A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
n.
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
a.
Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
n.
hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.
v. t.
To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.
n.
That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
a.
A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.