Height in spanish
pronunciation: ɑltuɹ̩ɑ part of speech: noun
height = altura, alto.
Example: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.more:
» at its height = en pleno auge, en su punto más álgido, en su mejor momento.
Example: At its height in 1929 the stock, circulation and readers were only slightly fewer than those of the secular public libraries.» at the height of = durante el auge de, en el punto álgido de, en la cumbre de, en pleno + Nombre.
Example: At the height of this burgeoning interest in new methods of documentary reproduction, the American Documentation Institute (ADI) was organized.» at the height of the winter = en pleno invierno.
Example: Bear in mind that at the height of the winter, salt supplies run out and 25kg bags are sold for as much as £30 to consumers.» during the height of = durante el auge de, durante el apogeo de.
Example: This digital image collection documents the creation of the world's largest steel mill during the height of America's industrial revolution.» height-adjustable = de altura regulable.
Example: This article describes the advantages for these users of bookrests, mobile height-adjustable tables, sloped writing surfaces, roll stools, long-handled reachers, adjustable chairs with armrests, and D-shaped handles on card catalogue drawers.» height of summer, the = mitad del verano, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: Here January and Febrary mark the height of summer.» height-to-paper = altura del tipo movible. [En imprenta, distancia entre la base del tipo movible y la superficie del ojo]
Example: Standardization never became quite complete, especially as regards height-to-paper; the Clarendon Press sturdily retains the so-called Dutch height of 23-851 mm. to this day, and various aberrant heights may still be found in Europe.» height-to-paper [heights-to-paper, -pl.] = altura tipográfica.
Example: Little progress towards the standardization of type sizes and of height-to-paper was made until after 1875, and printers everywhere continued to suffer the inconvenience of being unable on occasion to mix the types of different foundries = Hasta después de 1875 se avanzó poco en la normalización de los tamaños de las letras y de la altura tipográfica y los impresores de todas partes continuaron sufriendo el inconveniente en ocasiones de ser incapaces de mezclar las letras de diferentes talleres de fundición.» (of) medium height = de altura media.
Example: Middle distance runners are typically of medium height, and very lean and muscular.» raise + Nombre + to greater heights = alcanzar cotas más altas, llevar a cotas más altas, mejorar considerablemente.
Example: Data storage for microcomputers will be raised to greater heights by the development of the video disc, and particularly the digital optical disc, which can store up to 2 Gigabytes, or 2 thousand million characters.» reach + Posesivo + height = alcanzar + Posesivo + auge, alcanzar + Posesivo + punto álgido, tocar techo.
Example: This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.» reach + the height of = alcanzar la cumbre de, alcanzar el culmen de, alcanzar la cúspide de.
Example: Founded in 1546 after the discovery of a rich silver lode, Zacatecas reached the height of its prosperity in the 16th and 17th centuries.» rise to + greater heights = alcanzar mayores cotas.
Example: Data storage for microcomputers will be raised to greater heights by the development of the video disc, and particularly the digital optical disc, which can store up to 2 Gigabytes, or 2 thousand million characters.» take + Nombre + to greater heights = llevar a cotas más altas, mejorar considerablemente, elevar.
Example: He headed one of the largest accounting firms in the country and took it to greater heights.» the full height of = con la misma altura que.
Example: In the proposed reconstruction, the facade appears surmounted by painted crenellations, with a large marble portal the full height of the building.» type height = altura del tipo movible. [En imprenta, distancia entre la base del tipo movible y la superficie del ojo]
Example: The thickness of the blocks intended for use in printed books was usually a little under type height, the difference being made up with underlays of paper.» x-height = ojo medio, núcleo. [En tipografía, la altura de una letra minúscula que no tiene trazos ascendentes ("b") o trazos descendentes ("p"); normalmente se toma como medida estándar la altura de la "x"]
Example: Its x-height was notably small, and the fount was equipped with many ligatures (tied letters) and with upright capitals; it was quickly and widely imitated.