height

height
- h. of contour the line encircling a tooth or other structure at its greatest bulge or diameter. It relates to a selected path of insertion of a dental appliance or device.
- cusp h. 1. the shortest distance between the tip of a cusp and its base plane; 2. the shortest distance between the deepest part of the central fossa of a posterior tooth and a line connecting the points of the cusps of the tooth.
- facial h. the linear dimension in the midline from the hairline to the menton.
- nasal h. the distance between the nasion and the lower border of the nasal aperture.
- orbital h. the distance between the midpoints of the upper and lower margins of the orbit.

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height 'hīt, 'hītth n the distance from the bottom to the top of something standing upright esp the distance from the lowest to the highest point of an animal body esp. of a human being in a natural standing position or from the lowest point to an arbitrarily chosen upper point <a man six feet in \height> <a dog two feet in \height at the shoulder>

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(hīt) the vertical measurement of an object or body.

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