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, 8 months ago Modified 4 years, 11 months ago
Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches?
Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 3 months ago Modified 4 years, 5 months ago
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 …
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).
american english - How to express someone's height in metric
Oct 24, 2015 · 12 If someone is 169cm tall, what is the most common way of saying their height in metres and centimetres in American/Australian/British English? I'm not interested in converting …
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...
Height and weight written out - English Language & Usage Stack …
Height and weight written out Ask Question Asked 12 years, 7 months ago Modified 6 years, 2 months ago
terminology - Word for the distance from the waterline to the main …
Jun 2, 2018 · In other words, the height of the main deck (or gunwale if that has a name) above the water when the ship is at sea. To understand my motivation, broadly speaking I am interested in the …
single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...
Jan 31, 2012 · 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 …
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.