Elevation
Definition of Elevation
El`e`va´tion n. | 1. | 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. | Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. | | 3. | That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. | | 4. | (Astron.) 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. | (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. | | 6. | (Gunnery) 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. | (Drawing) 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. |
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