Height's the measurement of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It can either indicate how "tall" something's, or how "high up" it's. For example one could say "That's a tall building", or "That airplane's high up in the sky". These can both be referred to as the height of the object, as in "The height of the building's 50 m" or "The height of the airplane's 10,000 m". When used to describe how high something like an airplane or mountain peak's from sea level, height's more o… (More on Height)