Thesaurus: elevation

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1. 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.
2. n. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
3. n. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
4. 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.
5. n. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. n. the event of something being raised upward
9. n. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
10. n. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
11. n. a raised or elevated geological formation
12. n. distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)