elevation
elevation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees of elevation above us." Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton.
- 2.That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
- 3.(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.
- 4.(Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
- 5.(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 odirection.
- 6.(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. Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- altruism
- and
- angle
- angles
- antithesis
- antithetical
- attollent
- azimuth
- benevolence
- block
- bold
- boldness
- bolt
- breath
- buoy
- burn
- capstan
- chivalrous
- chivalry
- circle
- cliff
- cock
- command
- convexity
- crane
- derrick
- devoted
- devotion
- disinterested
- disinterestedness
- done
- drag
- drawn
- dredge
- dredger
- elevate
- elevated
- elevator
- eloquence
- eloquent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is elevation.
- What is condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees of elevation above us." Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton called?
- What is that which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is the angle which the style makes with the substylar line called?
- What is 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 odirection called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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