average height
collocation in Englishmeanings of average and height
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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
height
noun [C or U]
uk
/haɪt/us
/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
(Definition of average and height from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of average height
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These changes in the average height of children were mirrored by changes in the average heights of the adult population.
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Each value represents the average height + standard deviation - of about 30-40 structures measured at each time point.
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The average height of his crop was over 5 feet.
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Second, forest-phase, which could be either building-phase (average height of the canopy of the quadrat 20 m).
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The average height is rather below four feet, although many full-grown adults may be found who are very much smaller than this.
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In such a case the average height browsed was used in the calculations.
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The paper also examines the relationship between changes in average height and changes in life expectancy.
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Average height of each species and total number of species was recorded and the average height (m) of the ground stratum was estimated.
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The age difference is reflected in taller average height for these destitute boys after 1783.
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The average height of a given population is determined by the interaction between the environment in which it lives and the resources it commands.
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The average height of a population is clearly a reflection of conditions during childhood, whereas weight is also determined by conditions during adulthood.
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The second and third discuss some of the main trends in average height in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries respectively.
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Men of average height are not.
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For example, a person can be described as tall if they exceed the average height of a population or as short if they are below this average height.
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His parents are of average height.
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Firstly, the tropopause (at an average height of 17 km) is generally thought to act as a barrier to the upward movement of particles (although not necessarily gases or volatiles).
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