height

noun10

1. •
   how tall something is, from its bottom to its top
2. •
   The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

   • — What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
3. •
   The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.

   • The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".
4. •
   The amplitude of a sinusoid.
5. •
   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.
6. •
   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. — 1834
7. •
   A mountain, especially a very high one.
8. •
   An area of land at the top of a cliff.
9. •
   (figurative) The highest point or maximum degree.

   • She's at the height of her career.
10. •
    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.