Height

Height is the measure of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It can either indicate how "tall" something is, or how "high up" it is. For example "The height of the building is 50 m" or "The height of the airplane is 10,000 m". When used to describe how high something like an airplane or mountain peak is from sea level, height is more often called altitude. Height is measured along the vertical (y) axis between a specified point and another .

Etymology

English high is derived from Old English hēah, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *xauxa-z, from a PIE base *keuk-. The derived noun height, also the obsolete forms heighth and highth, is from Old English híehþo, later héahþu, as it were from Proto-Germanic *xaux-iþa.

In mathematics

In elementary models of space, height may indicate the third dimension, the other two being length and width. Height is normal to the plane formed by the length and width.

Height is also used as a name for some more abstract definitions. These include:

Height (disambiguation)

Height is the measurement of vertical distance.

Height may also refer to:

Mathematics

Height (album)

Height is a 2009 Indie rock album by John Nolan. It was his first solo album.

Track listing

(all songs written by John Nolan unless otherwise noted)

Music video

On February 17, 2010, John Nolan released a music video for the song "Til Its Done To Death".

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