height

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/haɪt/]

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1. height (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The distance from the base to the top of something.

Example: Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]

2. height (noun) — sense 2

Definition: 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).

Example: — What's your height? — 180 centimetres.

3. height (noun) — sense 3

Definition: 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.

Example: The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".

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