elevation

From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

elevation (countable and uncountable, plural elevations)

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.

   the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character

2. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.

   A hill is an elevation of the ground.

4. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.

   the elevation of the pole, or of a star

5. The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
6. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
7. 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 of sight; distinguished from direction.
8. (architecture) 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.
9. (Christianity) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.

• disgust
• demotion
• depression
• diminishment
• reduction

• elevate
• elevator
• overelevation

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