'Elevation' definitions:
Definition of 'elevation'
From: WordNet
noun
The event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" [syn: elevation, lift, raising]
noun
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "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" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top]
noun
Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [syn: elevation, EL, altitude, ALT]
noun
A raised or elevated geological formation [syn: natural elevation, elevation] [ant: depression, natural depression]
noun
Distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations"
noun
(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"
noun
Drawing of an exterior of a structure
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The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" [syn: aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation]
Definition of 'Elevation'
From: GCIDE
- Elevation \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees of elevation above us." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elevation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Elevation'
- 'Eleve,
- Elevate,
- Elevated,
- Elevating,
- Elevator,
- Angle of elevation,
- Elevated railway,
- Elevation of the host,
- Elevator boot,
- Elevator head,
- Elevator leg,
- Elevator shoes,
- Hydraulic elevator,
- Pneumatic elevator,
- Service elevator,
- To elevate a piece,
- elevated railroad,
- elevator boy,
- elevator car,
- elevator girl,
- elevator man,
- elevator operator,
- elevator shaft,
- food elevator,
- freight elevator,
- natural elevation