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Elevation 1

Definition: 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.

Elevation 2

Definition: Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.

Elevation 3

Definition: That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

Elevation 4

Definition: 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.

Elevation 5

Definition: The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.

Elevation 6

Definition: 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.

Elevation 7

Definition: 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.

elevation 8

Definition: the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"

elevation 9

Definition: drawing of an exterior of a structure

elevation 10

Definition: (ballet) the height of a dancer''s leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"

elevation 11

Definition: distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations"

elevation 12

Definition: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

elevation 13

Definition: a raised or elevated geological formation

elevation 14

Definition: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

elevation 15

Definition: the highest level or degree attainable; "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

 

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