standing height

Upright body length

Standing height is a person's height measured while standing upright, as opposed to sitting or lying down.

The term appears most often in medical, anthropometric, or ergonomic contexts where precise measurement conditions matter: The study recorded participants' standing height and seated height.

For most everyday purposes, standing height is simply called height.

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body position during measurement

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Height measured while seated

measurement orientation

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Width of extended limbs

wingspan · shoulder width · hip width · waist circumference · body weight

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