In stairs, the vertical height of a step or flight of stairs.

In order only in the Committee of the Whole during the amendment stage, it has the effect of terminating or suspending debate on the pending matter.

Old English risan "to rise, rise from sleep, get out of bed; stand up, rise to one's feet; get up from table; rise together; be fit, be proper" (usually arisan; class I strong verb; pas [..]

"upward movement," 1570s, from rise (v.). Meaning "a piece of rising ground" is from 1630s. Meaning "spring, source, origin, beginning" is from 1620s. Phrase to get a ris [..]

the vertical distance a line goes up or down for a given distance across. • divided by the run (across) to give the slope or gradient of a line.

underwater mountain range where tectonic plates are spreading apart. Also known as a mid-ocean ridge.

The term used to describe the height of an individual step in a set of stairs. Rootbound (or potbound)

raise in salary

a growth in strength or number or importance move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose fr [..]

to move upward; to go higher

In stairs, the vertical height of a step or flight of stairs.

The vertical change between two points used to determine the slope of a line.

Definition noun

In an upright handlebar, the "rise" is the vertical distance from the low point of the bar (the middle) and the high points (typically the grip area.)

the pant rise is important because it determines where your pants sit on your body, which in turn creates your perceived waistline. When measuring a pant, you should take both the front rise and back [..]

Refers to the heights of stone, generally used in reference to veneer stone.

Vertical distance from the finished floor level of the terminal landing to t...

crotch depth, distance between crotch level and waistband.

The vertical change between two points on a graph. The slope of a line is the rise divided by the run.

(n) a growth in strength or number or importance(n) the act of changing location in an upward direction(n) an upward slope or grade (as in a road)(n) a movement upward(n) the amount a salary is increa [..]

Bottom of low relief at the base of the continental slope

orior, orior oriri ortus

The vertical distance from the eaves line to the ridge. Also the vertical distance from stair tread to stair tread (and not to exceed 7 ½").

To take a rise out of one. Hotten says this is a metaphor from fly-fishing; the fish rise to the fly, and are caught.

Oceanographically, a broad elevation that rises gently and generally smoothly from the sea floor. A synonym for the last-listed definition of ridge.

In stairs, the vertical height of a step or flight of stairs.

The rise is the distance from the crotch to the top of the front waistband. The shorter this length, the lower the pants will sit on the waist. High-rise pants are fastened at the narrowest part of the waist, just above the navel. Low-rise pants generally sit several inches below your navel.

To come above the horizon.

In bread-making, to leave the dough in a warm place and allow to double in volume.

In the building industry, rise describes the volume increase during the rising process that is used to produce aerated autoclaved concrete. 

A broad elevation that rises gently and generally smoothly from the sea floor. See also CONTINENTAL RISE.

A natural stream of water, of greater volume than a creek or rivulet, flowing in a more or less permanent bed or channel, between defined banks or walls, with a current which may either be continuous [..]

play a high card as opposed to a low card; go up

The upward change or elevation in sea level associated with a tsunami, a tropical cyclone, storm surge, the tide, or other long term climatic effect.

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