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An elevation is a rise or the raising of something. Mountains have an elevation based on how high they are and your mood has an elevation as you get happier.

Elevation is a noun that tells how high something is raised above a surface or ground line. It's also a term for measuring things like temperatures or degrees. Your body temperature might have an elevation if you have the flu, just as the elevation of a hill increases as it gets steeper. Buildings have an elevation too: The front of a building from top to bottom is its front elevation of the structure.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: elevation

1	n	distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
2	n	a raised or elevated geological formation
3	n	the event of something being raised upward
4	n	drawing of an exterior of a structure

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: elevation

n distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

“there was snow at the higher elevations”

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; isometry
equality of elevation above sea level; altitude, height
elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; grade, ground level
the height of the ground on which something stands; water level
the level of the surface of a body of water; level
height above ground; sea level
level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth; ceiling
(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds; ceiling
maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)

Type of:: distance
the property created by the space between two objects or points

n angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

Synonyms:: ALT, EL, altitude

Type of:: angular position
relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established

n (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump

“a dancer of exceptional elevation”

Type of:: leap
the distance leaped (or to be leaped)

n a raised or elevated geological formation

Synonyms:: natural elevation

Antonyms:: depression, natural depression
a sunken or depressed geological formation

Examples:: show 61 examples...; hide 61 examples...; Cape Horn
a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego); Areopagus
a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court; Golgotha
a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; Sion
originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; Cotswold Hills
a range of low hills in southwestern England; Cheviot Hills
a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland; Pennine Chain
a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers; Seven Hills of Rome
the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built; Palatine
the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces; Laurentian Highlands
a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean; Flodden
a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513; Highlands of Scotland
a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse); Nilgiri Hills
hills in southern India; Mount Asama
a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet); Ardennes
a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II; Mount Pinatubo
a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy; Najd
a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Rock of Gibraltar
location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules; Capitol Hill
a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets; Breed's Hill
a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775; Cape Hatteras
a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina; Black Hills
mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; Guiana Highlands
a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil; Cameroon
an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast; Pico de Orizaba
an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet); Nevado de Colima
an active volcano in southwestern Mexico; Cotacachi
an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955; Cotopaxi
the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador; Demavend
an active volcano in northern Iran; El Misti
the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru; Mount Etna
an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet); Fuego
a volcano in south central Guatemala; Fujinoyama
an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages; Galeras
an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes; Guallatiri
the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959; Huainaputina
an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783; Klyuchevskaya
an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946; Krakatao
a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history; Lascar
a volcano in the Andes in Chile; Mauna Kea
an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands; Mauna Loa
an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island; Nyamuragira
an active volcano in eastern Congo; Nyiragongo
an active volcano in eastern Congo; Purace
an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950; Sangay
an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946; Tupungatito
an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959; Mount Saint Helens
an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity; Mount Vesuvius
a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944; Cambrian Mountains
a rugged plateau that runs north to south through central Wales; Cape Canaveral
a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight; Cape Sable
a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia; Colorado Plateau
a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner; Great Barrier Reef
the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia; Jebel Musa
a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules; Llano Estacado
a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains; Massif Central
a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country; San Juan Hill
a hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War; Bikini
an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons; Eniwetok
an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs; Kwajalein
an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II; Midway Islands
an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base

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elevated (e.g., mountainous) land; hill
a local and well-defined elevation of the land; mount, mountain
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill; foreland, head, headland, promontory
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea); ridge
a long narrow natural elevation or striation; swell
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor); alp
any high mountain; bank
a long ridge or pile; bar
a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; ben
a mountain or tall hill; butte
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides; down
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil; dune, sand dune
a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans; esker
(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets; foothill
a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain; hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll, mound
a small natural hill; ledge, shelf
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water; mull
a term used in Scottish names of promontories; point
a promontory extending out into a large body of water; reef
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; ripple mark
one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind; seamount
an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor; plateau, tableland
a relatively flat highland; tor
a high rocky hill; volcano
a mountain formed by volcanic material

Type of:: formation, geological formation
(geology) the geological features of the earth

n the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

Synonyms:: acme, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top

Type of:: degree, level, point, stage
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

n the event of something being raised upward

“an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”

Synonyms:: lift, raising

Type of:: ascension, ascent, rise, rising
a movement upward

n the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

“his elevation to cardinal”

Synonyms:: aggrandisement, aggrandizement

Types:: ego trip, self-aggrandisement, self-aggrandizement
an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance

Type of:: increase, step-up
the act of increasing something

n drawing of an exterior of a structure

Type of:: architectural plan, plan
scale drawing of a structure

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