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Elevation

Elevation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Elevation? [n] the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" [n] drawing of an exterior of a structure [n] (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation" [n] distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations" [n] the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" [n] a raised or elevated geological formation [n] angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [n] the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Elevation: acme \| aggrandisement \| aggrandizement \| ALT \| altitude \| EL \| height \| lift \| natural elevation \| peak \| pinnacle \| raising \| summit \| superlative \| top Related Terms \| Find terms related to Elevation: access \| accession \| acclivity \| accretion \| accrual \| accruement \| accumulation \| acme \| addition \| advance \| advancement \| aerial heights \| aggrandizement \| altitude \| amplification \| anabasis \| apex \| apotheosis \| appreciation \| ascension \| ascent \| augmentation \| ballooning \| beatification \| bigheartedness \| bigness \| bloating \| blueprint \| boom \| boost \| broadening \| brouillon \| buildup \| canonization \| cartoon \| ceiling \| chart \| chivalrousness \| chivalry \| clamber \| climb \| climbing \| consequence \| conspicuousness \| copy \| crescendo \| cultivation \| deification \| delineation \| design \| development \| diagram \| dignification \| dignity \| distinction \| dizzy heights \| draft \| drawing \| ebauche \| edema \| eminence \| enhancement \| enlargement \| ennoblement \| enshrinement \| enthronement \| erecting \| erection \| errantry \| escalade \| esquisse \| ether \| exaltation \| excellence \| expansion \| extension \| figure \| flood \| fountain \| gain \| generosity \| generousness \| glorification \| graduation \| grandeur \| graph \| gravity \| great heart \| greatening \| greatheartedness \| greatness \| greatness of heart \| ground plan \| growth \| gush \| gyring up \| hauteur \| heaven \| heavens \| heaving up \| height \| heighth \| heights \| heroism \| high mightiness \| high-mindedness \| highness \| hike \| hill \| house plan \| ichnography \| idealism \| immortalization \| importance \| increase \| increment \| inflation \| jet \| jump \| knight-errantry \| knighting \| knightliness \| largeheartedness \| leap \| levitation \| liberality \| liberalness \| lift \| lionization \| loftiness \| lofting \| lump \| magnanimity \| magnanimousness \| magnification \| majesty \| mark \| mount \| mounting \| multiplication \| nobility \| noble-mindedness \| nobleness \| notability \| note \| Olympian heights \| openhandedness \| outline \| outstandingness \| passing \| pattern \| pay raise \| perpendicular distance \| plot \| preference \| preferment \| princeliness \| productiveness \| profile \| projection \| proliferation \| prominence \| promotion \| raise \| raising \| rearing \| refinement \| rise \| rising \| rising ground \| rocketing up \| rough \| sainting \| saltation \| sanctification \| shooting up \| significance \| skeleton \| sketch \| sky \| snowballing \| soaring \| solemnity \| spout \| spread \| spring \| spurt \| standing on end \| stateliness \| stature \| steep \| stratosphere \| sublimity \| supereminence \| surge \| swelling \| table \| takeoff \| taking off \| tallness \| toploftiness \| tumescence \| up \| upclimb \| upcoming \| updraft \| upgang \| upgo \| upgoing \| upgrade \| upgrading \| upgrowth \| uphill \| upleap \| uplift \| uplifting \| upping \| upraising \| uprearing \| uprisal \| uprise \| uprising \| uprush \| upshoot \| upslope \| upsurge \| upsurgence \| upsweep \| upswing \| uptrend \| upturn \| vantage ground \| vantage point \| vault \| waxing \| wen \| widening \| working drawing \| zenith \| zooming See Also \| altitude \| angular position \| architectural plan \| ascension \| ascent \| degree \| distance \| ego trip \| foreland \| formation \| geological formation \| geology \| grade \| ground level \| headland \| height \| highland \| hill \| hills \| incline \| increase \| isometry \| leap \| level \| mount \| mountain \| plan \| point \| promontory \| ridge \| rise \| rising \| self-aggrandisement \| self-aggrandizement \| side \| slope \| stage \| step-up \| swell \| upland \| water level Elevation In Webster's Dictionary \El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F. ['e]l['e]vation.] 1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. 2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. ``Degrees of elevation above us.'' --Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. 4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. 5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. 6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o? sight; -- distinguished from direction. 7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. {Angle of elevation} (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. {Elevation of the host} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.

Elevation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elevation?

[n] the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"
[n] drawing of an exterior of a structure
[n] (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"
[n] distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations"
[n] the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
[n] a raised or elevated geological formation
[n] angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
[n] the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

Elevation In Webster's Dictionary

\El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F.
['e]l['e]vation.]
1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or
   quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons,
   the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain;
   elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or
   character.

2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. ``Degrees
   of elevation above us.'' --Locke.

         His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.

3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or
   station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the
   horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted
   between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of
   the pole, or of a star.

5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the
   substylar line.

6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a
   vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the
   angle between the axis of the piece and the line o? sight;
   -- distinguished from direction.

7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other
   object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon;
   orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by
   the ancients the orthography.

{Angle of elevation} (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending
   line makes with a horizontal plane.

{Elevation of the host} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in
   which the priest raises the host above his head for the
   people to adore.

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