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, 4 months ago Modified 4 years, 6 months ago
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 …
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 …
What is a single word which can properly describe age, height, …
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).
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. …
meaning - Difference between floor and storey - English Language ...
Oct 27, 2014 · I've read once about "x stories" .. Want to know if there is any difference between stories and floors. Or they are just alias for each other used in different variations of English …
How did nominal come to mean "within acceptable tolerances"?
The word "nominal" has a number of definitions. For example, the Free Dictionary gives seven: nom·i·nal (nm-nl) adj. a. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or …
Pronunciation of the words 'height' and 'weight'
Dec 6, 2014 · Why is "height" an "weight" pronounced differently, when the spellings are so similar? Is there any logical explanation or it evolved that way?
Higher, greater or bigger distance? - English Language & Usage …
Aug 26, 2011 · As height is not being mentioned here, but rather distance on a horizontal scale, "higher" would be inappropriate. "Bigger" refers to size, not magnitude, and therefore, in this …
What is the difference between 'dimension', 'dimensional' and ...
Feb 7, 2015 · A measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height: Length is a dimension in this system. Transforming a noun into an adjective with - al denotes …