relative height

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meaningsofrelativeandheight

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relative
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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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 ofrelativeandheightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Relativeheightgain was defined simply as height at harvest minus initial height divided by initial height.
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Similar patterns emerged forrelativeheightand diameter growth rates and are not discussed further.
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In the proposed account, metrical prominence is expressed in therelativeheightof gridmark columns.
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Nutrient addition had no significant effect onrelativeheightgain; however, control means were consistently, if only marginally, lower than treatment means.
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In figure 1(b) pulse-amplitude is shown as a vertical measurement in which information is encoded as therelativeheightof each successive regular pulse.
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Seven mo later, we re-measured these seedlings to estimate rates ofrelativeheightgrowth and leaf production.
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Hyeronima showed the highest mortality at low light levels and the highestrelativeheightgrowth increase per light increase.
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Geometric height classes were used becauserelativeheightmay be more important than absolute height in determining the crown overlap of trees of differing heights.
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Potential energy is sensitive to postural changes since therelativeheightof the limb segments above a neutral surface is the measure of height used to calculate energy.
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At itsrelativeheightduring this period, textile production employed approximately one million workers, or roughly 1/3 of the industrial workforce.
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It is the four codependent foundations that would have provided the necessary structural support for such a greatrelativeheightincrease over existing supertalls.
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Therelativeheightof the seamount is 2788 meters.
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The topography of the hills leads to the summits generally having lowrelativeheight.
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These summits all have more than 30 metres ofrelativeheight(a commonly used criterion for being a separate summit).
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To avoid the list becoming infinitely long and arbitrary, only hills with more than 30 mrelativeheightare included.
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To avoid the list becoming infinitely long and arbitrary, only hills with more than 30 mrelativeheight(rising over 30mft 0) are included.
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Indeed, the relative average distance between the frets is equal to that of heike biwa, as are therelativeheightof the frets.
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Therelativeheight, or visibility of the summit is 478m: this is the height of the summit rise above the nearest mountain.
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