Elevation 音标拼音: [
, ɛləv'eʃən]
n . 仰角
n . 海拔,提高
仰角海拔,提高
elevation *高度
elevation n 1 :
the event of something being raised upward ; "
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon "; "
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity " [
synonym : {
elevation },
{
lift }, {
raising }]
2 :
the highest level or degree attainable ;
the highest stage of development ; "
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty ";
"
the artist '
s gifts are at their acme "; "
at the height of her career "; "
the peak of perfection "; "
summer was at its peak ";
"...
catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame "; "
the summit of his ambition "; "
so many highest superlatives achieved by man "; "
at the top of his profession " [
synonym : {
acme }, {
height },
{
elevation }, {
peak }, {
pinnacle }, {
summit }, {
superlative },
{
meridian }, {
tiptop }, {
top }]
3 :
angular distance above the horizon (
especially of a celestial object ) [
synonym : {
elevation }, {
EL }, {
altitude }, {
ALT }]
4 :
a raised or elevated geological formation [
synonym : {
natural elevation }, {
elevation }] [
ant : {
depression }, {
natural depression }]
5 :
distance of something above a reference point (
such as sea level ); "
there was snow at the higher elevations "
6 : (
ballet )
the height of a dancer '
s leap or jump ; "
a dancer of exceptional elevation "
7 :
drawing of an exterior of a structure 8 :
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something ; "
the aggrandizement of the king "; "
his elevation to cardinal " [
synonym : {
aggrandizement },
{
aggrandisement }, {
elevation }]
Elevation \
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n . [
L .
elevatio :
cf .
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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 .
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2 .
Condition of being elevated ;
height ;
exaltation . "
Degrees of elevation above us ." --
Locke .
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His style . . .
wanted a little elevation . --
Sir H .
Wotton .
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3 .
That which is raised up or elevated ;
an elevated place or station ;
as ,
an elevation of the ground ;
a hill .
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4 . (
Astron .)
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 .
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5 . (
Dialing )
The angle which the style makes with the substylar line .
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6 . (
Gunnery )
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 .
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7 . (
Drawing )
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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{
Angle of elevation } (
Geodesy ),
the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane .
{
Elevation of the host } (
R .
C .
Ch .),
that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore .
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1913 Webster ]
240 Moby Thesaurus words for "
elevation ":
Olympian heights ,
access ,
accession ,
acclivity ,
accretion ,
accrual ,
accruement ,
accumulation ,
acme ,
addition ,
advance ,
advancement ,
aerial heights ,
aggrandizement ,
altitude ,
amplification ,
anabasis ,
apex ,
apotheosis ,
appreciation ,
ascension ,
ascent ,
augmentation ,
ballooning ,
beatification ,
bigheartedness ,
bigness ,
bloating ,
blueprint ,
boom ,
boost ,
broadening ,
brouillon ,
buildup ,
canonization ,
cartoon ,
ceiling ,
chart ,
chivalrousness ,
chivalry ,
clamber ,
climb ,
climbing ,
consequence ,
conspicuousness ,
copy ,
crescendo ,
cultivation ,
deification ,
delineation ,
design ,
development ,
diagram ,
dignification ,
dignity ,
distinction ,
dizzy heights ,
draft ,
drawing ,
ebauche ,
edema ,
eminence ,
enhancement ,
enlargement ,
ennoblement ,
enshrinement ,
enthronement ,
erecting ,
erection ,
errantry ,
escalade ,
esquisse ,
ether ,
exaltation ,
excellence ,
expansion ,
extension ,
figure ,
flood ,
fountain ,
gain ,
generosity ,
generousness ,
glorification ,
graduation ,
grandeur ,
graph ,
gravity ,
great heart ,
greatening ,
greatheartedness ,
greatness ,
greatness of heart ,
ground plan ,
growth ,
gush ,
gyring up ,
hauteur ,
heaven ,
heavens ,
heaving up ,
height ,
heighth ,
heights ,
heroism ,
high mightiness ,
high -
mindedness ,
highness ,
hike ,
hill ,
house plan ,
ichnography ,
idealism ,
immortalization ,
importance ,
increase ,
increment ,
inflation ,
jet ,
jump ,
knight -
errantry ,
knighting ,
knightliness ,
largeheartedness ,
leap ,
levitation ,
liberality ,
liberalness ,
lift ,
lionization ,
loftiness ,
lofting ,
lump ,
magnanimity ,
magnanimousness ,
magnification ,
majesty ,
mark ,
mount ,
mounting ,
multiplication ,
nobility ,
noble -
mindedness ,
nobleness ,
notability ,
note ,
openhandedness ,
outline ,
outstandingness ,
passing ,
pattern ,
pay raise ,
perpendicular distance ,
plot ,
preference ,
preferment ,
princeliness ,
productiveness ,
profile ,
projection ,
proliferation ,
prominence ,
promotion ,
raise ,
raising ,
rearing ,
refinement ,
rise ,
rising ,
rising ground ,
rocketing up ,
rough ,
sainting ,
saltation ,
sanctification ,
shooting up ,
significance ,
skeleton ,
sketch ,
sky ,
snowballing ,
soaring ,
solemnity ,
spout ,
spread ,
spring ,
spurt ,
standing on end ,
stateliness ,
stature ,
steep ,
stratosphere ,
sublimity ,
supereminence ,
surge ,
swelling ,
table ,
takeoff ,
taking off ,
tallness ,
toploftiness ,
tumescence ,
up ,
upclimb ,
upcoming ,
updraft ,
upgang ,
upgo ,
upgoing ,
upgrade ,
upgrading ,
upgrowth ,
uphill ,
upleap ,
uplift ,
uplifting ,
upping ,
upraising ,
uprearing ,
uprisal ,
uprise ,
uprising ,
uprush ,
upshoot ,
upslope ,
upsurge ,
upsurgence ,
upsweep ,
upswing ,
uptrend ,
upturn ,
vantage ground ,
vantage point ,
vault ,
waxing ,
wen ,
widening ,
working drawing ,
zenith ,
zooming
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