Look up: Elevation

1. Elevation
   In technical drawing, architecture etc an elevation is a side or end view of the vertical surfaces of an object, wall or building, which may be sketched in perspective or drawn to scale without reference to perspective.
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2. Elevation
   A working drawing usually drawn accurately and to scale, showing the side view of the set or lighting arrangement.
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3. elevation
   The distance of a point above a specified surface of constant potential; the distance is measured along the direction of gravity between the point and the surface.
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4. elevation
   [n] - angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 2. [n] - the event of something being raised upward 3. [n] - distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level) 4. [n] - (ballet) the height of a dancer`s leap or jump 5. [n] - drawing of an exterior of a structure
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5. Elevation
   it is a plan that shows the vertical face or aspect, normally a side of a house or the ceramic tiling to a wall.
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6. elevation
   the upward tilt to a satellite antenna measured in degrees required to aim the antenna at the communications satellite Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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7. Elevation
   1) The height above sea level (altitude); 2) A geometrical projection, such as a building, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon.
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8. Elevation
   A side of a building.
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9. Elevation
   A face, front or façade of a building. Often used in conjunction with drawings where a vertical feature is shown. Elevations can be internal or external.
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10. Elevation
    In architecture, this is an alternative word for façade: the vertical organisation of the face of a building. Also, an architectural drawing in the form of a geometric projection of a building on a vertical plane, showing any one side, exterior or interior, of that building.
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11. Elevation
    El`e·va'tion noun [ Latin elevatio : confer French élévation .] 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...
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12. elevation
    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. 'Degrees of ...
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13. elevation
    lift noun the event of something being raised upward; `an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon`; `a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity`
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14. elevation
    noun drawing of an exterior of a structure
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15. elevation
    noun distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); `there was snow at the higher elevations`
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16. elevation
    EL noun angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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17. Elevation
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to...
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18. élévation
    (from the article `Vigny, Alfred-Victor, comte de`) He acknowledged his disillusionment as early as 1831 in `Paris,` a poem of a new genre that he termed élévations. He felt all the more tormented, for ...
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19. elevation
    elevation 1. The height to which something is elevated or to which it rises. 2. The altitude of a place above sea level or ground level. 3. An elevated place, thing, or part; an eminence. 4. Loftiness; grandeur or dignity; nobleness: 'elevation of the mind.' 5. The act of elevating. 6. The state of ...
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20. ELEVATION
    A side of a building.
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21. elevation
    
    • the event of something being raised upward
    • the highest level or degree attainable
    • angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
    • distance of something above a reference point
    • drawing of an exterior of a structure
    • the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
    • the act of raising something
    
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22. ELEVATION
    The measure of height with respect to a point on the earth's surface above mean sea level. Sometimes referred to as station elevation.
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23. elevation
    elevation, vertical distance from a datum plane, usually mean sea level to a point above the earth. Often used synonymously with altitude, elevation is the height on the earth's surface and altitude, the height in space above the surface. The elevation of a feature is calculated through such surveyi...
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24. elevation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: el′ĕ-vā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The act of assuming or being raised to an elevated position, as in elevation of the pupil (directing the gaze upward); the movement produced by a levator. Synonyms: torus1
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25. elevation
    In architecture, a scale drawing of any vertical side of a given structure.
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