elevation

Etymology
From, from , equal to.

Noun

 * 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.
 * the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character
 * 1) The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
 * 2) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
 * A hill is an elevation of the ground.
 * 1)  The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
 * the elevation of the pole, or of a star
 * 1) The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
 * 2) The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
 * 3) 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 of sight; distinguished from direction.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
 * 6)  An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.
 * 1)  An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, , , , , ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, Erheben, , Anheben, Erhöhen, , Ermporheben, Emporhebung, Hochheben
 * Irish: ardú
 * Latin: elevatio
 * Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: підійма́ння, схо́дження, підне́сення


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: ardú
 * Quechua: huqari
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh
 * Ukrainian: підне́сення


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Arabic: منسوب
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto:, alteco
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Höhenwinkel
 * Macedonian: висо́чина
 * Portuguese:


 * Maori: tairanga


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech: nárys, bokorys
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: elevaatio
 * German:
 * Polish:


 * Mongolian:
 * Spanish:, , , , ,