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