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elevation

Overview

This page has 9 definitions of elevation in English. Elevation is a noun. Examples of how to use elevation in a sentence are shown. Also define these 18 related words and terms: raising, higher, elevated, heightened, exaltation, astronomy, peak, lowland, gnomon, substylar, line of sight, direction, architecture, geometrical, projection, orthographic, Christianity, and host.

See also: élévation

English

Etymology

From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate +‎ -ion.

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Noun

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.
    • Elevated definition
      simple past tense and past participle of elevate
    • Heightened definition
      simple past tense and past participle of heighten
  3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
    • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 362:
      Since our sins caused God's presence to withdraw above the "seven heavens," we pray that our prayers may rise through the seven layers and reach the Almighty in the eighth elevation.
    A hill is an elevation of the ground.
  4. (astronomy) 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.
    • Peak definition
      A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. (1 of 8 peak definitions)
  6. The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
    • Substylar definition
      Relating to a substyle.
  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.
    • Direction definition
      A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston). (1 of 6 direction definitions)
  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.
    • Host definition
      One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. (1 of 8 host definitions)

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