Elevation
[,elɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛlɪ'veʃən]
Definition
(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).
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Definition
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Raising, elevating.[2]. Exaltation, aggrandizement, promotion.[3]. Dignity, refinement, improvement, ennobling.[4]. Hill, elevated place.[5]. (Astron.) Height, altitude.
Checker: Raffles
Synonyms and Antonyms
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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Examples
- We should endeavor to secure an elevation in temperature of from 120 to 140 deg. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A diagrammatic sketch of this remarkable machine is shown in Fig. 5, which shows a front elevation with the casings, hopper, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Thus the digging they did counted in making a depression to stand in, and increased the elevation in front of them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The very excess of our misery carried a relief with it, giving sublimity and elevation to sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The latter stands on the plain at the foot of Popocatapetl, at an elevation of about eight thousand feet above tide water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The elevation of the table is proportionate to the quantity of water injected, and the power proportionate to the receptive areas of the pump and the cylinder. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable elevation, with facility and safety. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For the grounds of action, sir,' continued Dodson, with moral elevation in his air, 'you will consult your own conscience and your own feelings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And, indeed, Veneering is much relieved in mind to find that Podsnap betrays no jealousy of Twemlow's elevation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Great as is the force at work, ages are required to produce a range of mountains like the Cordilleras; moreover, progress is not uniform and subsid ence may alternate with elevation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Their path was not over Rainbarrow now, but down a valley which left that ancient elevation a little to the east. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- During the alternate periods of elevation and of stationary level the record will generally be blank. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The water in the drainage canal is about ten feet below the bottom of the canal, or at elevation +30. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The accompanying woodcuts represent an elevation of the Rocket, and a section of its boiler. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The important elevations within the line had all been carefully fortified and supplied with a proper armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Among the elevations so fortified was one to the east of the town, named Fort Wood. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The gun is 16-2/3 feet long and is fired only at elevations between 45° and 65°. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Miles