elevation

noun elevations

1. countable, uncountable The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc. elevation to a throne
2. countable, uncountable The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3. countable, uncountable That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station. A hill is an elevation of the ground.
4. countable, uncountable 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
5. countable, uncountable The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
6. countable, uncountable The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
7. countable, uncountable 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.
8. countable, uncountable 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.
9. countable, uncountable The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
10. UK, obsolete, uncountable An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria. […] many of the fen people used what they called "elevation." Farmer Porter was his informant concerning this habit. "What's elevation?" "Oh! ho! ho! — yow goo into druggist's shop o' market day into Cambridge, and you'll see the little boxes, doozens and doozens, a' ready on the counter; and never