01 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.; a…
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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.
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Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.“His style . . . wanted a little elevation.” — Sir H. Wotton.
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That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
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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.(Astron.)
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The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.(Dialing)
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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.(Gunnery)
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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.(Drawing)
Phrases & compounds
Angle of elevation —
the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane.
Elevation of the host —
that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.