Höhe — meaning in English

English meaning

• altitude noun The height of something above sea level or the ground.
• elevation noun The height of a place above sea level.
• height noun The measurement of how tall something or someone is, from base to top.
• tallness noun The quality or characteristic of being tall.

Senses

Höhe is used for these senses in English:

• elevation That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
• elevation (astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
• height The distance from the base to the top of something.
• tallness The quality or characteristic of being tall.

altitude — full definition

1. noun The height of something above sea level or the ground.
2. noun In geometry, the perpendicular distance from a shape's vertex to the opposite side.

elevation — full definition

1. noun The height of a place above sea level.
2. noun The act of raising something, or the state of being raised, to a higher level or position.

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