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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024el•e•va•tion /ˌɛləˈveɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable] - the act of elevating or the state of being elevated.
- Geographythe altitude of a place above sea level or ground level:a cliff at an elevation of about two hundred feet.
- an elevated place:We picnicked on an elevation.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024el•e•va•tion (el′ə vā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:The elevation of the tower is 80 feet.
- the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level.
- an elevated place, thing, or part;
an eminence. - loftiness;
grandeur or dignity;
nobleness:elevation of mind. - the act of elevating.
- the state of being elevated.
- Architecturea drawing or design that represents an object or structure as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides.
- [Survey.]
- SurveyingAlso called angle of elevation. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object above the observer or instrument and a horizontal line.
- Surveyingthe distance above a datum level.
- Music and Dancethe ability of a dancer to stay in the air while executing a step or the height thus attained.
- Religion the Elevation, [Rom. Cath. Ch.]the lifting by the celebrant of the Eucharistic elements immediately after consecration, for adoration by the communicants.
- Latin ēlevātiōn- (stem of ēlevātiō), equivalent. to ēlevāt(us) (see elevate) + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-French
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See height.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged height; hill; mountain; plateau.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exaltation, nobility.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged depth.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: elevation /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən/ n - the act of elevating or the state of being elevated
- the height of something above a given or implied place, esp above sea level
- a raised area; height
- nobleness or grandeur; loftiness: elevation of thought
- a drawing to scale of the external face of a building or structure
- a ballet dancer's ability to leap high
- another name for altitude
- the angle formed between the muzzle of a gun and the horizontal
- the angular distance between the plane through a point of observation and an object above it
Compare depression
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