Elevation

[,elɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛlɪ'veʃən]

解释:

(noun.) drawing of an exterior of a structure.

(noun.) (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; 'a dancer of exceptional elevation'.

(noun.) distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); 'there was snow at the higher elevations'.

(noun.) the event of something being raised upward; 'an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon'; 'a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity'.

(noun.) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

德布斯录入--From WordNet

解释:

(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.

(n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.

(n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Raising, elevating.[2]. Exaltation, aggrandizement, promotion.[3]. Dignity, refinement, improvement, ennobling.[4]. Hill, elevated place.[5]. (Astron.) Height, altitude.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Height, rise, raising, altitude, loftiness, tallness, improvement,amelioration, refinement, superiority, eminence

ANT:Depth, fall, decline, depression, shortness, stuntedness, deterioration,debasement, degradation, inferiority

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