Elevation

Definitions

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.
   countable, uncountable
2. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
   countable, uncountable
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
   countable, uncountable
4. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
   countable, uncountable
5. The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
   countable, uncountable
6. The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
   countable, uncountable
7. 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 of sight; distinguished from direction.
   countable, uncountable
8. 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.
   countable, uncountable
9. The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
   countable, uncountable
10. An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.
    UK, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةإعلاءالإرتفاعترفيعتلرفععلاءعلوعلياءمنسوب+ 6 more

Българскивисочинавъзвише́ние

Catalàalçatelevació

Češtinabokorysnárys

Ελληνικάύψωμα

Esperantoaltecoalto

Suomielevaatiokohokohtakohottaminenkohotuskohoutumakorkeuskorkeusasemakorkeussuhdekorokorottaminenkorotusnostaminennostoparantaminenylänne+ 12 more

Gaeilgeardú

Gàidhligàrdachadh

עבריתר־ו־ם

हिन्दीउत्कर्ष

Bahasa Indonesiaelevasi

Italianoalzato

日本語標高

한국어해발

Kurdîardûkoroprofîlterfî+ 1 more

Latinaelevatiolevatiosublatiosublimor+ 1 more

Македонскивисочина

Polskielewacjaelewacyjnynobilitacjapodniesienieprzewyższeniewyniosłośćwzniesienie+ 4 more

Portuguêsalçadoelevação

Русскийподъем

Svenskaförhöjninghöjdlyftningupphöjelseupphöjning+ 2 more

Türkçerakımterfiyükselmeyükselti+ 1 more

Українськависочинапідвищуванняпідійма́нняпідне́сенняпідняття+ 2 more

Tiếng Việtcao trìnhmặt đứng

Examples

“elevation to a throne”

“elevation to sainthood”

“elevation of mind⟳, thoughts, or character”

“A hill is an elevation of the ground.”

“Since our sins caused God's presence to withdraw⟳ above the "seven heavens," we pray that our prayers may rise⟳ through the seven layers and reach⟳ the Almighty in the eighth elevation.”

“the elevation of the pole, or of a star”

“[…] many of the fen people used what they called "elevation." Farmer Porter was his informant concerning this habit. "What's elevation?" "Oh! ho! ho! — yow goo into druggist's shop⟳ o' market day into Cambridge, and you'll see⟳ the little boxes, doozens and doozens, a' ready on the counter; and never a ven-man's wife goo by, but what calls in for her pennord o' elevation, to last⟳ her out the week. […]”

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