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What's The Definition Of Height?
[n] natural height of a person or animal in an upright position
[n] elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" [n] the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top [n] the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonyms | Synonyms for Height: acme | altitude | elevation | peak | pinnacle | stature | summit | superlative | top Related Terms | Find terms related to Height: acme | acme of perfection | aerial heights | altitude | amount | amplitude | apex | apogee | apotheosis | area | ascent | assumption | authority | authorization | be-all and end-all | beatification | bigness | blue ribbon | bluff | body | breadth | brow | bulk | caliber | canonization | cap | championship | classical pitch | cliff | climax | cloud nine | command | compass | consummation | control | coverage | crag | crest | crown | culmen | culmination | cut | degree | deification | depth | diameter | dimension | dimensions | directorship | dizzy heights | dominion | edge | effectiveness | elevation | eminence | enshrinement | erection | escalation | escarpment | ether | exaltation | expanse | expansion | extension | extent | extreme | extreme limit | extremity | fell | first place | first prize | French pitch | gauge | girth | grade | greatness | headland | headship | heaven | heavens | hegemony | heights | high noon | high pitch | high point | highest | highest pitch | highest point | highness | hill | imperium | influence | interval | jurisdiction | key | kingship | largeness | last word | leadership | leap | length | level | lift | lifting | limit | loftiness | lordship | low pitch | magnitude | management | mark | mass | mastership | mastery | maximum | measure | measurement | meridian | most | mound | mountain | mountaintop | ne plus ultra | new high | new philharmonic pitch | no place higher | noon | notch | note | nuance | Olympian heights | palms | paramountcy | pas | peak | peg | perfection | period | philharmonic pitch | philosophical pitch | pink | pink of perfection | pinnacle | pitch | plane | plateau | point | pole | power | presidency | primacy | prominence | promontory | proportion | proportions | radius | raise | raising | range | ratio | reach | rearing | record | register | remove | ridge | rise | rising ground | round | rule | rung | say | scale | scarp | scope | seventh heaven | shade | shadow | size | sky | sovereignty | space | spire | spread | stair | standard | standard pitch | stature | steep | step | stint | stratosphere | summit | supremacy | sursum corda | sway | tallness | tip | tip-top | tonality | tone | top | top spot | tor | tread | tune | ultimate | upbuoying | upcast | upheaval | uplift | uplifting | upmost | upper extremity | uppermost | upping | uprearing | uprise | upthrow | upthrust | utmost | vantage ground | vantage point | vertex | very top | volume | width | zenith See Also | bodily property | ceiling | degree | dimension | elevation | highness | level | level | loftiness | lowness | point | shortness | stage | tallness Height In Webster's Dictionary \Height\, n. [Written also {hight}.] [OE. heighte, heght,
heighthe, AS. he['a]h?u, fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte,
Sw. h["o]jd, Dan. h["o]ide, Icel. h[ae]?, Goth. hauhipa. See
{High}.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
--Job xxii.
12.
2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above
that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the
level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a
surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially
of a man; stature. --Bacon.
[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1
Sam. xvii. 4.
3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as
Peru to the south. --Abp. Abbot.
4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain;
as, Alpine heights. --Dryden.
5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power,
learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank;
pre["e]minence or distinction in society; prominence.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
--R. Browning.
All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.
--Chapman.
6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
Social duties are carried to greater heights, and
enforced with stronger motives by the principles of
our religion. --Addison.
7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or
condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of
madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
My grief was at the height before thou camest.
--Shak.
{On height}, aloud. [Obs.]
[He] spake these same words, all on hight.
--Chaucer.
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