Height

n. distance from bottom to top; level; summit highest point

Height is the measurement 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 one could say "That is a tall building", or "That airplane is high up in the sky". These can both be referred to as the height of the object, as in "The height of the building is 50m" or "The height of the airplane is 10 000m". 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 point.
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Noun
1. the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
(synonym) tallness
(hypernym) dimension
(hyponym) highness, loftiness
(attribute) high
2. the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
(synonym) acme, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top
(hypernym) degree, level, stage, point
3. natural height of a person or animal in an upright position
(synonym) stature
(hypernym) bodily property
(hyponym) tallness
(attribute) tall
4. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache"
(synonym) altitude
(hypernym) elevation
(hyponym) level

(n.)
Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
  

(n.)
The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.
  

(n.)
The condition of being high; elevated position.
  

(n.)
That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
  

(n.)
Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
  

(n.)
Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
  

(n.)
Degree of latitude either north or south.