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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    For example, one study revealed a mean decrease of 1.54 centimetres (0.6 in) in the heights of 100 children from getting out of bed in the morning to between 4 and 5 p.m. that same day. [8] Such factors may not have been controlled in all of the following studies.

  3. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  4. Height in sports - Wikipedia

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    Examples of bowlers well above average in height are Javagal Srinath, Pat Cummins, Shoaib Akhtar, and Wasim Akram who measure 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in), 1.92 m (6 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in), and 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) respectively. Taller bowlers have access to a higher point of release, making it easier for them to make the ball bounce ...

  5. List of tallest statues - Wikipedia

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    This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.

  6. List of tallest twin buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    Height (max.) Floors (T1/T2) Status Notes 151 Incheon Tower: Incheon South Korea: 613 m (2,011 ft) 151/151: Cancelled: Would have been the tallest twin buildings in the world Thai Boon Roong Twin Tower World Trade Center: Phnom Penh Cambodia: 587 m (1,926 ft) 133/133: Cancelled To be the tallest building in Southeast Asia. [14] Twin Towers II ...

  7. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Waist-to-height ratio: the average ratio for US college competitive swimmers is 0.424 (women) and 0.428 (men); the ratios for a (US) normally healthy man or woman is 0.46–0.53 and 0.45–0.49 respectively; the ratio ranges beyond 0.63 for morbidly obese individuals. [15]

  8. List of tallest towers - Wikipedia

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    The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."

  9. Height - Wikipedia

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    Height is normal to the plane formed by the length and width. Height is also used as a name for some more abstract definitions. These include: The height or altitude of a triangle, which is the length from a vertex of a triangle to the line formed by the opposite side; The height of a pyramid, which is the smallest distance from the apex to the ...