elevation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

elevation (plural elevations)

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 to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
2. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
4. 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. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
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.
8. The raising of the host - representing Christ's body - in a mass or Holy Communion service.

Related terms

• elevate
• elevator
• overelevation

Antonyms

• disgust
• demotion
• depression
• diminishment
• reduction

Translations

act of raising

• Bulgarian: издигане (bg) (izdigane) n
• Catalan: elevació (ca) f

• Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: elevación (es)

condition of being elevated

• Bulgarian: възвишеност (bg) (vǎzvišenost) f

• Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh (gd) m

that which is raised

• Bulgarian: възвишение (bg) (vǎzvišenie) n

distance of a celestial object above the horizon

• Bulgarian: височина (bg) (visočina) f

angle which the style makes with the substylar line

movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane

architecture

raising of the host

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• Spanish: altitud f,ascenso m, elevación f, exaltación f, enaltecimiento m, promontorio m