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elevation (noun)

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  • elevation — ► NOUN 1) the action of elevating or the fact of being elevated. 2) height above a given level, especially sea level. 3) the angle of something with the horizontal. 4) a particular side of a building. 5) a scale drawing showing the vertical… …   English terms dictionary

  • elevation — noun 1 (singular) a height above the level of the sea (+ of): The observatory is located on Mt Hopkins at an elevation of 2600m. 2 (U) formal a situation in which someone is given a more important rank or position: His sudden elevation to the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • elevation — noun a) 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 to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts …   Wiktionary

  • elevation — noun 1) his elevation to the directorship Syn: promotion, upgrading, advancement, advance, preferment, aggrandizement; ennoblement; informal step up the ladder 2) 15,000 – 30,000 feet in elevation Syn: altitude, height 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • elevation — late 14c., “a rising, height of something,” from O.Fr. elevation and directly from L. elevationem (nom. elevatio) a lifting up, noun of action from pp. stem of elevare (see ELEVATE (Cf. elevate)). Meaning “act of elevating” is from 1520s …   Etymology dictionary

  • elevation — noun Date: 14th century 1. the height to which something is elevated: as a. the angular distance of something (as a celestial object) above the horizon b. the degree to which a gun is aimed above the horizon c. the height above the level of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • elevation — I noun advancement, aggrandizement, altitude, canonization, consecration, coronation, deification, dignification, elatio, elevated place, eminence, eminency, erection, exaltation, height, high land, highness, lift, loftiness, promotion, rise,… …   Law dictionary

  • elevation head — noun : head (sense 14b) that corresponds to the potential energy of elevation of a flowing liquid …   Useful english dictionary

  • elevation meter — noun : an instrument that combines both odometer and inclinometer features and that when drawn along a hilly road automatically computes and records the net change in elevation as the vehicle proceeds …   Useful english dictionary

  • elevation — noun 1》 the action or fact of elevating or being elevated. 2》 height above a given level, especially sea level.     ↘the angle of something with the horizontal. 3》 Ballet the ability of a dancer to attain height in jumps. 4》 a particular side of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • elevation — UK [ˌeləˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms elevation : singular elevation plural elevations 1) [countable] science the height of an area of land, usually measured from sea level 2) [countable] a side of a building as you would see it in a drawing by …   English dictionary

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