Definition of elevation
- 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.
- n. - Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
- n. - That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place
or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
- 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.
- n. - The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
- 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.
- 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.