, the third dimension of a body, considered with regard to its elevation above the ground.
Height, of a figure, the same as its altitude, being the perpendicular from its vertex to the base.
Height of the Pole, &c. See Altitude of the Pole, &c.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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