Found 4 items, similar to Elevation.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: elevation ketinggian
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: elevation pengangkatan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: elevation elevation n 1: the event of something being raised upward; “an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”; “a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity” [syn: lift, raising] 2: the highest level or degree attainable; “his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty”; “the artist's gifts are at their acme”; “at the height of her career”; “the peak of perfection”; “summer was at its peak”; “...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame”; “the summit of his ambition”; “so many highest superlatives achieved by man”; “at the top of his profession” [syn: acme, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top] 3: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [syn: EL, altitude, ALT] 4: a raised or elevated geological formation [syn: natural elevation ] [ant: natural depression] 5: distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); “there was snow at the higher elevations” 6: (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; “a dancer of exceptional elevation” 7: drawing of an exterior of a structure 8: the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; “the aggrandizement of the king”; “his elevation to cardinal” [syn: aggrandizement, aggrandisement]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Elevation Elevation \El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F. ['e]l['e]vation.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. “Degrees of elevation above us.” --Locke. [1913 Webster] His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]