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==Definition== Various bodies have defined "high-rise": * [[Emporis]] defines a high-rise as "A multi-story structure between {{convert|35β100|m}} tall, or a building of unknown height from 12β39 floors."<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070818012446/http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=18727 Data Standards: high-rise building (ESN 18727)]}}, Emporis Standards. Accessed online 16 October 2009.</ref> * The ''New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' defines a high-rise as "a building having many storeys". * The International Conference on Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings defined a high-rise as "any structure where the height can have a serious impact on [[emergency evacuation|evacuation]]"<ref>Also Murat Saatcioglu, "High-Rise Buildings in Natural Disaster", in ''Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards'' Dordrecht, NL: Springer, 2016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_168</ref> * In the U.S., the [[National Fire Protection Association]] defines a high-rise as being higher than {{convert|75|ft}}, or about seven stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/pdf/os.highrise.pdf|title=High-rise building fires|first=John R.|last=Hall|date=December 2011|work=nfpa.org|publisher=NFPA|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711065726/http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/pdf/os.highrise.pdf|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Most building engineers, inspectors, architects and similar professionals define a high-rise as a building that is at least 75 feet (23 m) tall.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
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