"scale height" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scale heights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scale height (plural scale heights)
  1. (sciences) The distance over which a quantity changes by a factor of e (the base of natural logarithms) Wikipedia link: scale height Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-scale_height-en-noun-0RQiJugM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: sciences

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