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Height is
measure of
vertical distance,
either vertical extent (how "tall"
something or
someone is) or
vertical position (how "high" a
point is). For example...
- A
height gauge is a
measuring device used for
determining the
height of objects, and for
marking of
items to be
worked on.
These measuring tools are used...
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Human height or
stature is the
distance from the
bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a
human body,
standing erect. It is
measured using a stadiometer...
- typography, cap
height is the
height of a
capital letter above the
baseline for a
particular typeface. It
specifically is the
height of
capital letters...
- dynamics, the wave
height of a
surface wave is the
difference between the
elevations of a
crest and a
neighboring trough. Wave
height is a term used by...
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Fundal height, or McDonald's rule, is a
measure of the size of the
uterus used to ****ess
fetal growth and
development during pregnancy. It is measured...
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Height can
significantly influence success in sports,
depending on how the
design of the
sport is
linked to
factors that are
height-biased due to physics...
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Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 –
April 20, 2010) was an African-American
civil rights and women's
rights activist. She
focused on the
issues of African-American...
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Below are two
tables which report the
average adult human height by
country or
geographical region. With
regard to the
first table,
original studies and...
- A
height finder is a ground-based
aircraft altitude measuring device.
Early height finders were
optical range finder devices combined with
simple mechanical...
