Timeline for What is the word used to describe things ordered by height?
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| Aug 25, 2023 at 1:00 | comment | added | H. sapiens rex | @JoshuaJurgensmeier heh, that's a good one! I also like "ascending/descending order" | |
| Aug 24, 2023 at 17:58 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Since "a tall man" in Latin is homo longus, the proper word should be "longitudinally", but modern usage lets us think of geographic locations... | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 22:51 | answer | added | Phil Freedenberg | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 19:27 | comment | added | Joshua Jurgensmeier | I can't believe everyone missed it, higherarchical :) | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 20:37 | comment | added | TimR | @Fivestones: I suppose specificity for the sake of specificity is OK. But if you want a very specific word you need to provide a very specific example showing how you intend to use it; the language of the example should be in the same register as the word you're looking for. It can't be something like Yo' mama wears [word for military-style boots with a waterproof inner lining, brass grommets, and a carbon fiber arch support]. Also, looking for words to name a program function or an object property would not be a question about natural language, IMO, but about programming conventions. | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 19:58 | comment | added | fivestones | @Tim good questions, I’m not sure I had even considered these. | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 19:58 | comment | added | fivestones | @EdwinAshworth thanks for this, I never knew about a collocations dictionary until today. | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 19:57 | comment | added | fivestones | @TimR Sometimes among a small group of certain specific friends it’s fun for us to use very specific words and thereby learn something together. I also thought it was possible there was a regular well-used word for this I just wasn’t thinking of. | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 19:54 | vote | accept | fivestones | ||
| Aug 22, 2023 at 17:43 | answer | added | Davislor | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 13:32 | comment | added | TimR | How are you defining height? Is "height" the person's physical "tallness" as measured when standing (outside the photo context) or is it the elevation of the head in the photo-space? What if a taller kid is seated, and a shorter sibling's head is at a higher height in the photo than the taller's head? | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 12:39 | answer | added | Mari-Lou A | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 12:04 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | You could look up collocating premodifiers of 'order' in a collocations dictionary. 'Alphabetical' and 'numerical' are two strong collocates. | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 10:45 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 22, 2023 at 8:16 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 8:15 | comment | added | TimR | I am curious about the motive for wanting to say it with an adjective ending in -ical when that is obviously not how it is said by everyone, for if it were, you would already know the word. What end is achieved by using an obscure word? | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 6:36 | answer | added | ermanen | timeline score: 40 | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 6:04 | comment | added | Xanne | The kids are in order of height, perhaps. But isn’t this obvious to the viewer? | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 5:15 | answer | added | alphabet | timeline score: 22 | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 4:35 | answer | added | user485923 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 3:03 | answer | added | Dweeberly | timeline score: -3 | |
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