"tallness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tallnesses [plural]
Etymology: From tall + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tall|-ness}} tall + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} tallness (usually uncountable, plural tallnesses)
  1. The quality or characteristic of being tall. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being tall): Höhe (note: of a building etc.) [feminine] (German), Größe (note: of a person) [feminine] (German), Körpergröße (note: of a person) [feminine] (German), prōcēritās [feminine] (Latin), celsitudo [feminine] (Latin), altura [feminine] (Portuguese), ро́слость (róslostʹ) (note: of a person) [feminine] (Russian), высокоро́слость (vysokoróslostʹ) (note: of a too tall person) [feminine] (Russian), высота́ (vysotá) (note: of a building etc.) [feminine] (Russian), высо́тность (vysótnostʹ) (note: of a building or another technical construction) [feminine] (Russian), altura [feminine] (Spanish), estatura [feminine] (Spanish)

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