height
noun
- (geometry) segment of perpendicular in a figure
- distance between the lowest end and highest end of an object
- third coordinate in a measured space with dimension 3 or higher
- upward location within a space; extent of elevation above a level
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /haɪt/ / /həɪt/ / /heɪt/
name
Etymology: English surname, spelling variant of Hight.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu Old English hīehþu Middle English heighte English height From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first as a variant, by analogy with the underlying adjective. Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
“Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]”
“He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.”
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
“— What's your height? — 180 centimetres.”
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
“The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".”
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
“We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.”
“I'm afraid of heights.”
- A high point.
“At length they arrived at the open road, skirted by a wide heath, bounded by the rising heights of the undulating country.”
“The Guardian of the Flooded Village has grown for 350 years on a rocky height near the village of Chudobin, said locally to play host to a devil that sat under it at night, playing the violin and warding off intruders – though in reality the eerie sounds are more likely to have come from the strong winds blowing over the valley.”
- A high point.
“She's at the height of her career.”
“[…]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]”
- A high point.
- A high point.
- 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.