height🔊

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).

(geometry) The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.

(maths) The amplitude of a sinusoid.

The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. +

A high point.

(figurative) The highest point or maximum degree.

A mountain, especially a very high one.

(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.

(phonetics) 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.