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1. Elevation
   [kinesiology] Elevation, in kinesiology is the anatomical term of motion for movement in a superior direction. It is the opposite of depression. ==Muscles== ...
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2. Elevation
   [Yonder Mountain String Band album] Elevation is the progressive bluegrass debut album of the Yonder Mountain String Band. It was released in 1999 by Frog Pad Records, an independent record label run by the band. The album features appearances by bluegrass musicians Mike Marshall and Darol A...
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3. Elevation
   [liturgy] In Christian liturgy the elevation is a ritual raising of the consecrated elements of bread and wine during the celebration of the Eucharist. The term is applied especially to that by which, in the Roman Rite of Mass, the Host and the Chalice are each shown to the people immediatel...
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4. 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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5. Elevation
   A working drawing usually drawn accurately and to scale, showing the side view of the set or lighting arrangement.
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. Elevation
    A side of a building.
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. elevation
    noun drawing of an exterior of a structure
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18. elevation
    noun distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); `there was snow at the higher elevations`
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19. elevation
    EL noun angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. Elevation
    [song] "Elevation" is the third track and third single release from U2`s 2000 album, All That You Can`t Leave Behind. Featuring a thunderous beat, a variety of sound effects on the central guitar riff, and an easy rhyming lyric for the audience to shout along with, it was highly effective in...
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24. Elevation
    [ballistics] In ballistics, the elevation is the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery. Originally, elevation was a linear measure of how high the gunners had to physically lift the muzzle of a gun up from the gun carriage to h...
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25. Elevation
    The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point{Citation needed|date=May 2011}, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth`s sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic system, vertical datum). Elevation, or geometric ...
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