elevation
/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/ noun C1- The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc. · elevation to a throne· elevation to sainthood
- The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station. · A hill is an elevation of the ground.
- The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude. · the elevation of the pole, or of a star
- The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
- The angle which the gnomon 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 of 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.
Plural elevations
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An intervening elevation of land hid the light.
The result was, that Rospigliosi and Spada paid for being cardinals, and eight other persons paid for the offices the cardinals held before their elevation, and thus eight hundred thousand crowns entered into the coffers of the speculators.
Van Schuylight Suffolk-Jones—came out to his waiting motor-car, wrinkling a contumelious nostril, as usual, at the Italian renaissance sculpture of the soap palace’s front elevation.
Words were insufficient for the elevation of his feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civility and truth in a few short sentences.
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