elevation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: elevation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elevation n the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" Synonym(s): elevation, lift, raising 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" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) Synonym(s): elevation, EL, altitude, ALT a raised or elevated geological formation Synonym(s): natural elevation, elevation Antonym(s): depression, natural depression distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations" (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation" drawing of an exterior of a structure the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" Synonym(s): aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elevation \El`eva"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F. [82]l[82]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. [bd]Degrees of elevation above us.[b8] --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.