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Height vs Midflame - What's the difference?

height | midflame |

As a noun height

is the distance from the base of something to the top.

As an adjective midflame is

at half the height of a flame.

height

English

Alternative forms

* highth * heighth

Noun

  • The distance from the base of something to the top.
  • * Robert Frost
    • Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
  • The highest point or maximum degree.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
    • , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}
  • (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.

    • Related terms

    * high

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * depth

    External links

    * (wikipedia "height")

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule 1000 English basic words

    midflame

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • At half the height of a flame.
  • * 1968 , U.S.D.A. Forest Service research note PNW
    • Wind was measured at midflame height where values might be expected to be somewhat lower than standard 20-foot, open anemometer heights.