elevation
noun
1 elevation
The event of something being raised upward:
— An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon.
synonyms: lift, raising.
Roget 942:
disinterestedness
etc.
adj.;
generosity;
liberality,
liberalism;
altruism;
benevolence
etc.
906;
elevation,
loftiness of purpose,
exaltation,
magnanimity;
chivalry,
chivalrous spirit;
heroism,
sublimity.
self-denial,
self-abnegation,
self-sacrifice,
self-immolation,
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604;
stoicism,
devotion,
martyrdom,
suttee.
labor of love.
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Roget 658:
improvement;
amelioration,
melioration;
betterment;
mend,
amendment,
emendation;
mending
etc.
v.;
advancement;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascent
etc.
305;
promotion,
preferment;
elevation
etc.
307;
increase
etc.
35;
cultivation,
civilization;
culture,
march of intellect;
menticulture†;
race-culture,
eugenics.
reform,
reformation;
revision,
radical reform;
second thoughts,
correction,
limoe labor [Lat.],
refinement,
elaboration;
purification
etc.
652;
oxidation;
repair
etc.
(restoration)
660;
recovery
etc.
660.
revise,
new edition.
reformer,
radical.
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Roget 574:
vigor,
power,
force;
boldness,
raciness
etc.
adj.;
intellectual,
force;
spirit,
point,
antithesis,
piquance,
piquancy;
verve,
glow,
fire,
warmth;
strong language;
gravity,
sententiousness;
elevation,
loftiness,
sublimity.
eloquence;
command of words,
command of language.
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Roget 554:
representation,
representment†;
imitation
etc.
19;
illustration,
delineation,
depictment†;
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography;
design,
designing;
art,
fine arts;
painting
etc.
556;
sculpture
etc.
557;
engraving
etc.
558;
photography,
cinematography;
radiography,
autoradiography [Bioch.],
fluorography [Chem],
sciagraphy†.
personation,
personification;
impersonation;
drama
etc.
599.
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype,
snapshot;
X-ray photo;
movie film,
movie;
tracing,
scan,
TV image,
video image,
image file,
graphics,
computer graphics,
televideo,
closed-circuit TV.
copy
etc.
21;
drawing,
sketch,
drought,
draft;
plot,
chart,
figure,
scheme.
image,
likeness,
icon,
portrait,
striking likeness,
speaking likeness;
very image;
effigy,
facsimile.
figure,
figure head;
puppet,
doll,
figurine,
aglet†,
manikin,
lay-figure,
model,
mammet†,
marionette,
fantoccini†,
waxwork,
bust;
statue,
statuette.
ideograph,
hieroglyphic,
anaglyph,
kanji [Jap.];
diagram,
monogram.
map,
plan,
chart,
ground plan,
projection,
elevation
(plan)
626.
ichnography†,
cartography;
atlas;
outline,
scheme;
view
etc.
(painting)
556;
radiograph,
scotograph†,
sciagraph†;
spectrogram,
heliogram†.
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Roget 212:
verticality;
erectness
etc.
adj.;
perpendicularity
etc.
216.1;
right angle,
normal;
azimuth circle.
wall,
precipice,
cliff.
elevation,
erection;
square,
plumb line,
plummet.
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Roget 307:
elevation;
raising
etc.
v.;
erection,
lift;
sublevation†,
upheaval;
sublimation,
exaltation;
prominence
etc.
(convexity)
250.
lever
etc.
633;
crane,
derrick,
windlass,
capstan,
winch;
dredge,
dredger,
dredging machine.
dumbwaiter,
elevator,
escalator,
lift.
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2 elevation
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
synonyms: acme, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top.
Roget 206:
height,
altitude,
elevation;
eminence,
pitch;
loftiness
etc.
adj.;
sublimity.
tallness
etc.
adj.;
stature,
procerity†;
prominence
etc.
250.
colossus
etc.
(size)
192;
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard.
mount,
mountain;
hill alto,
butte [U.S.],
monticle†,
fell,
knap†;
cape;
headland,
foreland†;
promontory;
ridge,
hog's back,
dune;
rising ground,
vantage ground;
down;
moor,
moorland;
Alp;
uplands,
highlands;
heights
etc.
(summit)
210;
knob,
loma†,
pena [U.S.],
picacho†,
tump†;
knoll,
hummock,
hillock,
barrow,
mound,
mole;
steeps,
bluff,
cliff,
craig†,
tor†,
peak,
pike,
clough†;
escarpment,
edge,
ledge,
brae;
dizzy height.
tower,
pillar,
column,
obelisk,
monument,
steeple,
spire,
minaret,
campanile,
turret,
dome,
cupola;
skyscraper.
pole,
pikestaff,
maypole,
flagstaff;
top mast,
topgallant mast.
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
high water;
high tide,
flood tide,
spring tide.
altimetry
etc.
(angel)
244†;
batophobia†.
satellite,
spy-in-the-sky.
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Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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Dutch: overtreffende trap, spits, hoogtepunt, toppunt, top
Polish: kulminacja
3 elevation
Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
synonyms: ALT, altitude, EL.
Polish: elewacja, wysokość
4 elevation
A raised or elevated geological formation.
synonym: natural elevation.
Dutch: verheffing, verhevenheid
Polish: wyniosłość, wzniesienie
5 elevation
Distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level).
Dutch: hoogte, niveau
6 elevation
ballet The height of a dancer's leap or jump.
7 elevation
Drawing of an exterior of a structure.
8 elevation
The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something:
— His elevation to cardinal.
synonyms: aggrandisement, aggrandizement.
Dutch: vergroting
Polish: wywyższenie, wyniesienie
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