“height of”

The following 4 entries include the term height of.

height of burst

: the vertical angle between the base of a target and the point of burst of artillery fire usually as viewed from the firing point

height of land

at the height of

phrase

: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)

the height of

phrase

used to say that something is an extreme example of something


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