height
About 31.19 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The distance from the base to the top of something.
— What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
- noun 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.
- noun 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".
- noun The amplitude of a sinusoid.
- noun The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.
- noun A high point. The highest point or maximum degree.
She's at the height of her career.
- noun The highest point or maximum degree.
She's at the height of her career.
- noun A mountain, especially a very high one.
Similar words
pinnacle top peak stature acme elevation tallness superlative summit altitude
Often followed by
of and is in to above from at as
Word family
heights in height
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