- orthography - Spelling of high vs height - English Language Usage . . .
So height is spelled as a compromise, maintaining the pronunciation of "hight" while being spelled with ei to reflect the Old English ties The ei form is older--as the OED notes, hight was created in later assimilation with the word high High, on the other hand, maintains its Middle English roots
- single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and . . .
70 When working in a 2D coordinate system you could say that X is the horizontal axis and Y is the vertical axis Extending this to 3D, is there a similar word for the Z axis? (I'm aware of Width, Height and Depth, but obviously horizontal and vertical aren't synonymous to width and height, which is why I don't want to call the Z axis the depth
- Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches?
Please provide the context for your quotation Also, have you considered the audience for your work? Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet one inch"; British readers might, but even in Britain a person's height is now given in metres
- What is a single word which can properly describe age, height, weight . . .
7 I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index)
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge " Here is how some guides frame their advice From The Associated Press Stylebook (2002): dimensions Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc , to indicate depth, height, length, and width Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns [Relevant
- Height and Weight - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 11 years, 5 months ago Modified 4 years, 7 months ago
- Origin of height - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to Etymonline, Height, has many different possible origins height (n ) Old English hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah "hi
- elevation vs altitude - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the airline industry elevation = height above ground and altitude = height above sea level Altitude is used to calculate air pressure, elevation is used to make sure you don't crash into mountains
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