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Meaning of 'elevation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Elevation [ n.]
- 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.
- Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
- That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
- 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.
- The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'elevation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . elevation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
Example in sentence:
  • ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame;
  • at the height of her career;
  • at the top of his profession;
  • his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty;
  • so many highest superlatives achieved by man;
  • summer was at its peak;
  • the artist's gifts are at their acme;
  • the peak of perfection;
  • the summit of his ambition
Meaning (2):
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
Example in sentence:
  • a dancer of exceptional elevation
Meaning (3):
- the event of something being raised upward
Example in sentence:
  • a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity;
  • an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
Meaning (4):
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
Example in sentence:
  • his elevation to cardinal;
  • the aggrandizement of the king
Meaning (5):
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
Example in sentence:
  • there was snow at the higher elevations

Nearby Words:

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