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Meanings of elevation in English

Russian
подъём
Portuguese
elevação
Spanish
elevacion
Wikidata

Movement in an superior direction.

      Related terms
      подъём
      Portuguese
      ápice
      Catalan
      apogeu
      Spanish
      pico

      The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.

          ápice
          Portuguese
          altitude

          Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

                altitude
                Portuguese
                levantamento crustal
                Catalan
                elevació
                Spanish
                elevación

                The event of something being raised upward.

                      levantamento crustal
                      Usage of elevation in English
                      1
                      Using power of five hundred-imageperfectly steady even at this low elevation.
                      The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
                      2
                      I'd heard once that elevation was good for injuries that involved swelling.
                      Notes from the dog
                      3
                      The general elevation of the country still appeared to be the same.
                      Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
                      4
                      The difference is not in elevation or rainfall, but in the soil.
                      Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 194...
                      5
                      It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows.
                      Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
                      6
                      She scanned the control panel: direction indicator, elevation, engine temperature, fluid levels.
                      Fire Season
                      7
                      Some of the differences in elevation are probably due to the barometer.
                      Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
                      8
                      The pastures of Turimiquiri become less rich in proportion to the elevation.
                      Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
                      9
                      Of the elevation of Lhassa itself we have no idea: if MM.
                      Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
                      10
                      Plasmapheresis treatment in another patient was not effective in preventing Scr elevation.
                      Pubmed
                      11
                      The chorus of concern over his rapid elevation does not concern him.
                      The Guardian
                      12
                      The outer elevation of the main building is of the sixteenth century.
                      The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition / A P...
                      13
                      Conclusions: All groups had a substantial incidence of IOP elevation after DSEK.
                      Pubmed
                      14
                      The Pentagon did not specify how long the elevation process would take.
                      Reuters
                      15
                      In 936 his elevation to the Germanic kingdom was a popular one.
                      Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
                      16
                      His elevation above the valley was about the kneecap of the Generoso.
                      Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
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