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HEIGHT

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height substantiv

1. înălţime; înălţimea deasupra nivelului mării; nivel; altitudine; cotă;

(av.) height above the ground înălţime relativă de zbor;

(mil.) height of burst înăţime de spargere;

(tehn.) height of centres înălţimea vârfurilor;

(hidr.) height of fall înălţime de cădere;

(hidr.) height of lift înălţime de ridicare;

(drumuri, ferov.) height of platform cotă roşie;

(hidr.) height of suction înălţime de aspiraţie;

(hidr.) height of water sarcină totală.

2. loc înalt;

situated at a height situat la o înălţime considerabilă.

3. (fig.) culme, punct culminant, apogeu, treapta cea mai înaltă;

at its height (înv.) in (the) height în toi, din plin; la culme;

(înv.) on height a) sus; b) cu voce tare, în auzul tuturor;

(înv.) to the height în gradul cel mai înalt, la maximum;

expectation was at its height aşteptarea atinsese punctul culminant;

in the height of în culmea (cu gen.); la apogeul (cu gen.);

the height of folly culmea nebuniei.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It has been, for years, the utmost height of my hopes.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Already you see I had reason to think that, if one of your three students was a man of unusual height, he was the most worth watching of the three.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She is now about Miss Elizabeth Bennet's height, or rather taller.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

A measure that relates body weight to height.

(BMI, NCI Dictionary)

He is the very best young man—But, my dear Jane, if you remember, I told you yesterday he was precisely the height of Mr. Perry.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

The town was now at the height of its fortunes.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Body height below the normal range.

(Below Normal Body Height, NCI Thesaurus)

You have never risen to a greater height.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But—it was NOT Colonel Brandon—neither his air—nor his height.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Being too heavy for one’s height.

(Overweight, NCI Dictionary)

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