Elevation
Elevation , noun
[Latin elevatio: compare French élévation.]
1.
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.
2.
Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
Degrees of elevation above us.
His style... wanted a little elevation.
3.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
4.
(Astronomy) 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.
5.
(Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
6.
(Gunnery) 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{not transcribed} sight; -- distinguished from direction.
7.
(Drawing) 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.
Collocations (2)
Angle of elevation (Geodesy) , the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane.
Elevation of the host (Roman Catholic Church) , that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.