elevations

Meaning of elevations

noun
  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.
    the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character
  2. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
  3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
    A hill is an elevation of the ground.
  4. 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. The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
  6. The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
  7. 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. 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. The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.

Information about elevations

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of elevations is: elevation.
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Hyphenation of elevations

el-e-va-tions

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • elevations is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

elevations antonyms

Meaning :

demotion, depression, diminishment, disgust, reduction

Words that rhyme with elevations

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