Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 24 compound words that contain height. The most common are listed below. Open height in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- x-heightThe distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter x.
- line-heightThe height of a line of text.
- up a heightHigh up.
- decision heightThe height at which a pilot performing a precision approach must decide whether to land on the runway or to perform a go-around maneuver.
- height mapAlternative form of heightmap: A two-dimensional raster image used to store surface elevations that can later be applied to a three-dimensional object.
- scale heightThe distance over which a quantity changes by a factor of e (the base of natural logarithms)
- star heightA measure of the structural complexity of a regular expression, equal to the maximum nesting depth of stars in the expression.
- significant wave heightA standardized measure of trough-to-crest wave height calculated for the needs of seafarers; exact mathematical definition has varied over time and currently it is defined as four times the standard deviation of the surface elevation.
- ride heightSynonym of ground clearance: The measured distance between a level surface and the lowest part (other than tires or equivalent) of the bottom of a vehicle surmounting that surface.
- Irlams o' th' HeightA suburb of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7900).
- height to paperIn typefounding, the length of a type from its face to its foot.
- metacentric heightThe vertical distance between the metacentre and center of mass (conventionally taken to be positive when the metacentre is above the center of mass, and negative when the center of mass is above the metacentre) of a vessel (such as a ship …
- vanity heightThe difference between the height of the last usable floor and the total height of a building, especially for tall skyscrapers.
- drying heightOn a chart, the vertical distance of the seabed exposed by the tide at the lowest astronomical tide.
- height moneyA form of danger money paid to people working at dangerously high locations.
- legal heightThe minimum height under a house which would allow for another residence underneath, as mandated by local council.
- slant heightThe distance from any point on the circle of a right circular cone to its apex.
- height above average terrainThe height of a radio transmitter, including the antenna, as compared to the average terrain height in the surrounding area between three and sixteen kilometers from the antenna site.
- geopotential heightThe height above sea level of a given pressure in the atmosphere
- find your heightUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see find, your, height.
Compound words 24
- heightenTo make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
- heighthonA trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman.
- heightmaxxTo attempt to increase one's height.
- breastheightThe typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.
- heightmapA two-dimensional raster image used to store surface elevations that can later be applied to a three-dimensional object.
- overheightHigher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed.
- coheightThe amplitude of a cosine function
- heightfieldheightmap
- heightflationThe increase in the height considered tall or attractive for a person.
- heightistPertaining to, or exhibiting, the prejudice of heightism.