Elevation

Quick meaning: Elevation is a noun meaning The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

Meaning

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

More Meanings

1. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
2. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
3. The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
4. The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
5. (astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
6. 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.
7. (architecture) 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.

Example Sentences

elevation to a throne

elevation to sainthood

A hill is an elevation of the ground.

the elevation of the pole, or of a star

Word Forms

• elevations

Synonyms for elevation

Depending on context, synonyms include heave, pinnacle, superlative, raise, peak, top.

Antonyms for elevation

Common opposites include disgust, demotion, depression, diminishment, reduction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raising, top, lift, raise, height, pinnacle.

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