Dictionary

elevation

Etymology

From , from , equal to elevate + -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən/

Noun

elevation

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
the elevation of the pole, or of a star
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
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.
(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.
(Christianity, chiefly, Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(UK, obsolete, uncountable) An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.
- 1921, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, volume 10, page 49:
  […] many of the fen people used what they called "elevation." Farmer Porter was his informant concerning this habit. "What's elevation?" "Oh! ho! ho! — yow goo into druggist's shop o' market day into Cambridge, and you'll see the little boxes, doozens and doozens, a' ready on the counter; and never a ven-man's wife goo by, but what calls in for her pennord o' elevation, to last her out the week. […]