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el⋅e⋅va⋅tion

  [el-uh-vey-shuhn]
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1. the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises: The elevation of the tower is 80 feet.
2. the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level.
3. an elevated place, thing, or part; an eminence.
4. loftiness; grandeur or dignity; nobleness: elevation of mind.
5. the act of elevating.
6. the state of being elevated.
7. Architecture. a drawing or design that represents an object or structure as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides.
8. Surveying.
a. Also called angle of elevation. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object above the observer or instrument and a horizontal line.
b. the distance above a datum level.
9. the ability of a dancer to stay in the air while executing a step or the height thus attained.
10. the Elevation, Roman Catholic Church. the lifting by the celebrant of the Eucharistic elements immediately after consecration, for adoration by the communicants.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF < L ēlevātiōn- (s. of ēlevātiō), equiv. to ēlevāt(us) (see elevate ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. See height. 3. height; hill; mountain; plateau. 4. exaltation, nobility.

Antonyms:
1. depth.
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el·e·va·tion   (ěl'ə-vā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act or an instance of elevating.
    2. The condition of being elevated.
    3. The ability to achieve height in a jump, as in ballet.
    4. The degree of height reached when such a jump is executed.
  2. An elevated place or position.
  3. The height to which something is elevated above a point of reference such as the ground.
  4. Loftiness of thought or feeling.
  5. A scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a structure.
  6. The height of a thing above a reference level; altitude.
    1. The ability to achieve height in a jump, as in ballet.
    2. The degree of height reached when such a jump is executed.
Synonyms: These nouns denote the distance of something above a point of reference such as the horizon: a city at an elevation of 3,000 feet above sea level; flying at an altitude of 1 mile; grew to a height of 6 feet.
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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.

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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Language Translation for : elevation
Spanish: elevación,
German: die Beförderung,
Japanese: 上げること
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Main Entry: el·e·va·tion
Pronunciation: "el-&-'vA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a swelling especially on the skin
2 : a usually abnormal increase (as in degree or amount) elevation of the pulse rate> elevation of temperature>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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elevation   (ěl'ə-vā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
The vertical distance between a standard reference point, such as sea level, and the top of an object or point on the Earth, such as a mountain. At 8,850 m (29,028 ft), the summit of Mount Everest is the highest elevation on Earth.
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