superelevation

[soo-per-el-uh-vey-shuhn]

su·per·el·e·va·tion

[soo-per-el-uh-vey-shuhn]
noun
bank1 (def. 6).

Origin:
1645–55, in sense “elevation to a higher rank”; 1885–90 for current sense; super- + elevation
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Superelevation has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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superelevation (ˌsuːpərˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən)
 
n
1.  another name for bank
2.  the difference between the heights of the sides of a road or railway track on a bend

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