Definitions for elevation

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elevation el·e·va·tion

Spelling: [el-uh-vey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌɛl əˈveɪ ʃən/

Elevation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 471 anagrams from letters in elevation (aeeilnotv).

Definitions for elevation

noun

1. the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
2. the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level.
3. an elevated place, thing, or part; an eminence.
4. loftiness; grandeur or dignity; nobleness:
5. the act of elevating.
6. the state of being elevated.
7. Architecture. a drawing or design that represents an object or structure as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides.
8. Surveying. Also called angle of elevation. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object above the observer or instrument and a horizontal line. the distance above a datum level.
9. the ability of a dancer to stay in the air while executing a step or the height thus attained.
10. the Elevation, Roman Catholic Church. the lifting by the celebrant of the Eucharistic elements immediately after consecration, for adoration by the communicants.

Origin of elevation

1350-1400; Middle English Anglo-French Latin ēlevātiōn- (stem of ēlevātiō), equivalent to ēlevāt(us) (see elevate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for elevation

Many of the gender-variant male types were stigmatized; being regarded as women was hardly an elevation in social status.

There are dozens of fitness gadgets on the market that can measure movement, heart rate, elevation, and even body temperature.

This is one advantage of starting from an elevation—your machine will go further.

elevation sends radio stations two versions of the songs: one, complete, three to four minute version.

The elevation of the camp by the boiling point, is 8,050 feet.

Being a thousand miles from the ocean and at a ten thousand elevation, our snowflakes are mostly air.

How high from the surface of the ground has this dust been gathered--at what elevation?

By observation, the elevation of this encampment is 2,250 feet.

The elevation of this encampment is 2,940 feet above the sea.

Variables like weather, azimuth, elevation, crude launchers, and rocket viability quickly add up.