average height
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaverageandheight
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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 ...
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height
noun[C or U]
uk/haɪt/us/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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(Definition ofaverageandheightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These changes in theaverageheightof children were mirrored by changes in the average heights of the adult population.
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Each value represents theaverageheight+ standard deviation - of about 30-40 structures measured at each time point.
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Theaverageheightof his crop was over 5 feet.
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Second, forest-phase, which could be either building-phase (averageheightof the canopy of the quadrat < 20 m) or mature-phase (> 20 m).
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Theaverageheightis 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 theaverageheightbrowsed was used in the calculations.
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The paper also examines the relationship between changes inaverageheightand changes in life expectancy.
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Averageheightof each species and total number of species was recorded and theaverageheight(m) of the ground stratum was estimated.
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The age difference is reflected in talleraverageheightfor these destitute boys after 1783.
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Theaverageheightof a given population is determined by the interaction between the environment in which it lives and the resources it commands.
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Theaverageheightof 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 inaverageheightin the nineteenth and twentieth centuries respectively.
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Men ofaverageheightare not.
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For example, a person can be described as tall if they exceed theaverageheightof a population or as short if they are below thisaverageheight.
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His parents are ofaverageheight.
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Firstly, the tropopause (at anaverageheightof 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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