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The distance from the base to the top of something.countableuncountable
- Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]
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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).countableuncountable
- — What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
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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.countableuncountable
- The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".
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The distance from the base to the top of something.; The amplitude of a sinusoid.countableuncountable
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The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.countableuncountable
- We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.
- I'm afraid of heights.
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A high point.countableuncountable
- At length they arrived at the open road, skirted by a wide heath, bounded by the rising heights of the undulating country.
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A high point.; The highest point or maximum degree.countablefigurativelyuncountable
- She's at the height of her career.
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A high point.; A mountain, especially a very high one.countableuncountable
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A high point.; An area of land at the top of a cliff.countableuncountable
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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.countableuncountable
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