Height

Height is a measurement of the distance from the bottom to the top of something which is upright. The measurement must be taken vertically, otherwise it is termed the length (or sometimes, the width). Like length and width, it is measured in units of length.

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In geodesy, height is the metric distance of a point (usually on the terrain surface, such as a mountain top) vertically above a reference surface such as mean sea level. A more precise definition of a reference surface would be the geoid, the equipotential surface of the geopotential that coincides in the mean with mean sea level. Such heights are called orthometric heights.

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Human height is one of the areas of study within anthropometry. As pointed out in an article http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/040405fa_fact in The New Yorker, the average height of human populations appears to be a convenient metric for all the factors that make up a group's well-being. While height variations within a population are largely genetic, height variations among populations are mostly environmental. The United Nations uses height (among other statistics) to monitor nutritional standards in developing nations. In human populations, average height can distill down complex data about the group's birth, upbringing, social class, diet, and healthcare system.

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Measurement: In classical physics and engineering, measurement generally refers to the process of estimating or determining the ratio of a magnitude of a quantitative property or relation to a unit of the same type of quantitative property or relation. A process of measurement involves the comparison of physical...

Distance: :This article is about distance in the mathematical / physical sense. For other uses, see distance (disambiguation)....

Length: In general English usage, length (symbols: l, L) is but one particular instance of distance – an object's length is how long the object is – but in the physical sciences and engineering, the word length is in some contexts used synonymously with "distance". Height is vertical distance; ...

Height related Images and Photos (experimental)

Tension in Height	Tension in Height	Oscar Wilde at the Height of His Success	Her Farthingale May be the Height of Fashion
Australians Celebrate Christmas at the Height of Summer with a Picnic	Cliffs of Moher Rising to 230M in Height O'Brians Tower and Breanan Mor Seastack County Clare	Geometrical Figures for Construction Arches and Man Measuring the Height of a Tower