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el·e·va·tion

(ĕl′ə-vā′shən)

a. The act or an instance of elevating: the slow elevation of body temperature.

b. The condition of being elevated: her elevation among scholars.

a. The height to which something is elevated above a point of reference, especially mean sea level: The ridge rises to an elevation of 3,000 feet.

b. The angular distance of an object above the observer's horizon.

3. An elevated place or position: The hill is the highest elevation around here.

4. Loftiness or dignity, as of thought or feeling: a passage noted for its elevation of style.

5. A scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a structure.

a. The ability to achieve height in a jump, as in ballet.

b. The degree of height reached when such a jump is executed.

Synonyms: elevation, altitude, height
These nouns denote the distance of something above a point of reference such as the horizon: a city at an elevation of 3,000 feet above sea level; flying at an altitude of 1 mile; grew to a height of 6 feet.

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elevation

(ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən)

1. the act of elevating or the state of being elevated

2. the height of something above a given or implied place, esp above sea level

3. a raised area; height

4. nobleness or grandeur; loftiness: elevation of thought.

5. (Architecture) a drawing to scale of the external face of a building or structure. Compare plan³, ground plan¹

6. (Architecture) the external face of a building or structure

7. (Ballet) a ballet dancer's ability to leap high

8. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church the lifting up of the Host at Mass for adoration

9. (Astronomy) astronomy another name for altitude³

10. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the angle formed between the muzzle of a gun and the horizontal

11. (Surveying) surveying the angular distance between the plane through a point of observation and an object above it. Compare depression⁷

12. linguistics another term for amelioration

ˌeleˈvational adj

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el•e•va•tion

(ˌɛl əˈveɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of elevating, or the state of being elevated.

2. the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises.

3. the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level.

4. an elevated place; eminence.

5. a drawing that represents a building or other object as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides.

6. Surveying.

a. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object above the observer or instrument and a horizontal line.

b. the distance above a datum level.

7. the ability of a dancer to stay in the air while executing a step, or the height thus attained.

8. the lifting of the Eucharistic elements immediately after consecration in the mass.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin]

syn: See height.

el·e·va·tion

(ĕl′ə-vā′shən)

The vertical distance between a standard reference point, such as sea level, and the top of an object or point on the Earth, such as a mountain. The summit of Mount Everest is the highest elevation on Earth.

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elevation

The vertical distance of a point or level on or affixed to the surface of the Earth measured from mean sea level. See also altitude.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

elevation

1. Another word for amelioration.

2. A term applied to all aerial movements.

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Noun	1.	elevation - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" raising, lift rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
	2.	elevation - 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" acme, meridian, summit, tiptop, superlative, height, pinnacle, peak, top degree, stage, level, point - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
	3.	elevation - angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) ALT, EL, altitude angular position - relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established
	4.	elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation natural elevation geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth highland, upland - elevated (e.g., mountainous) land hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" mountain, mount - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill foreland, headland, promontory, head - a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) ridge - a long narrow natural elevation or striation incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" swell - a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
	5.	elevation - distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations" distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points isometry - equality of elevation above sea level altitude, height - elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" ground level, grade - the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade" water level - the level of the surface of a body of water
	6.	elevation - (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation" ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers leap - the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
	7.	elevation - drawing of an exterior of a structure architectural plan, plan - scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"
	8.	elevation - the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" aggrandisement, aggrandizement step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" ego trip, self-aggrandisement, self-aggrandizement - an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance

elevation

noun

1. side, back, face, front, aspect the addition of a two-storey wing on the north elevation

2. altitude, height We're at an elevation of about 13,000 feet above sea level.

3. promotion, upgrading, advancement, exaltation, preferment, aggrandizement celebrating his elevation to the rank of Prime Minister

4. rise, hill, mountain, height, mound, berg (S. African), high ground, higher ground, eminence, hillock, rising ground, acclivity The resort is built on an elevation overlooking the sea.

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elevation

noun

1. The distance of something from a given level:

altitude, height.

2. The act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised:

aggrandizement, apotheosis, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification.

3. A progression upward in rank:

advancement, jump, promotion, rise, upgrade.

Translations

إرْتِفاعرَسْم واجِهَة المَبْنىسُموُ، رَفْع

avancementfacadetegningforfremmelsehøjde over havetophøjelse

Höhe Aufriss Beförderung

ανύψωση έξαρση ύψωση

elevación

altitude élévation hauteur vue en élévation

homlokrajztengerszint fölötti magasság

hæî yfir sjávarmálihliîarmynd, útlitsmyndupphækkun, hækkun í tign

elevazione pianta altitudine

fasadetegning heving opphøyelse

возвышенность

nárys

cephe resmielevasyonrakım yükseklikyükselme

提升提高正视图海拔高度立视图

elevation

[ˌelɪˈveɪʃən] N

1. (lit) (= act) → elevación f

2. (in rank) → ascenso m (fig) → elevación f

3. [of style] → sublimidad f

4. (= hill) → elevación f; (= height) (esp above sea level) → altitud f

5. (Archit) → alzado m

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elevation

[ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃ^ən] n

[building] → élévation f

(= height) → altitude f

(= promotion) [person] → promotion f, avancement m
elevation to the peerage → accession au rang de pair

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

elevation

(lit) → Hebung f; (to higher rank) → Erhebung f (→ to in +acc); (Eccl) → Elevation f

(of thought) → Erhabenheit f; (of position, style) → Gehobenheit f

(above sea level) → Höhe f → über dem Meeresspiegel or über N.N.; (hill etc) → (Boden)erhebung f, → Anhöhe f

angle of elevation → Höhen- or Elevationswinkel m

(of gun) → Elevation f, → Erhöhung f

(Archit: = drawing) → Aufriss m; front elevation → Frontansicht f, → Fassadenaufriss m

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elevation

[ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃ/ən] n (gen) → elevazione f (Archit) → prospetto; (of style, thought) → alto livello; (altitude) → altitudine f, altezza

elevate

(ˈeliveit) verb

1. to raise to a higher position or to a higher rank etc. elevated to the post of manager.

2. to improve (a person's mind etc). an elevating book.

ˌeleˈvation noun

1. the act of elevating, or state of being elevated.

2. height above sea-level. at an elevation of 1,500 metres.

3. an architect's drawing of one side of a building.

ˈelevating adjective

that improves one's mind or morals. an elevating experience.

ˈelevator noun

1. (especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor. There is no elevator in this shop – you will have to climb the stairs.

2. a tall storehouse for grain.

el·e·va·tion

n. elevación; altura.

elevation

n elevación f

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An alarm Crow Indians Their appearance Mode of approach Their vengeful errand Their curiosity Hostility between the Crows and Blackfeet Loving conduct of the Crows Laramie's Fork First navigation of the Nebraska Great elevation of the country Rarity of the atmosphere Its effect on the wood-work of wagons Black Hills Their wild and broken scenery Indian dogs Crow trophies Sterile and dreary country Banks of the Sweet Water Buffalo hunting Adventure of Tom Cain the Irish cook

For some days past, Captain Bonneville had been made sensible of the great elevation of country into which he was gradually ascending by the effect of the dryness and rarefaction of the atmosphere upon his wagons.

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The most remarkable effect of this earthquake was the permanent elevation of the land, it would probably be far more correct to speak of it as the cause.

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Elevation of the Gorner Grat above sea-level, 10,289 feet.

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When we arrived within a short distance of the ridge, we were stopped by a mass of tall yellow reeds, growing together as thickly as they could stand, and as tough and stubborn as so many rods of steel; and we perceived, to our chagrin, that they extended midway up the elevation we proposed to ascend.

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We were rapidly approaching the mountains in the South ; but our elevation was more than sufficient to enable us to pass them in safety.

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Or, to speak in the fashionable language of the adversaries to the Constitution, will it court the elevation of "the wealthy and the well-born," to the exclusion and debasement of all the rest of the society?

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During the periods of subsidence there would probably be much extinction of life; during the periods of elevation, there would be much variation, but the geological record would then be least perfect.

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Therefore, do they long so much for a friend, and for his elevation.

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Let me now ask what circumstance there is in the constitution of the House of Representatives that violates the principles of republican government, or favors the elevation of the few on the ruins of the many?

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During his passage over the sea the doctor deemed it best to keep at his present elevation. He could thus reconnoitre a greater stretch of the coast.

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After him Hevelius, an astronomer of Dantzic, reduced the highest elevations to 15,000 feet; but the calculations of Riccioli brought them up again to 21,000 feet.