The vertical height of each step in inches Typically between 7 and 7-1/2 inches Codes require each step to be essentially the same height in a flight of stairs Can also refer to the total height of the stairs from one finished floor to the next
If the level of something such as the water in a river rises, it becomes higher. The waters continue to rise as more than 1,000 people are evacuated. fall
The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step
The rise of someone is the process by which they become more important, successful, or powerful. Haig's rise was fuelled by an all-consuming sense of patriotic duty fall