Definition of elevation

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Elevation (n.) 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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Hollow :: Hollow (n.) A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Standpoint :: Standpipe (n.) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam..
Sublimation :: Sublimation (n.) The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.
Rash :: Rash (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys..
Majesty :: Majesty (n.) Dignity; elevation of manner or style.
Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell..
Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid..
Nobleness :: Nobleness (n.) The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness..
Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not..
Point :: Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints..
Parotoid :: Parotoid (a.) Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
Elevation :: Elevation (n.) 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..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..
Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle..
Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..
Loom :: Loom (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea..
Upheaval :: Upheaval (n.) The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust..
Pustule :: Pustule (n.) A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus..
Heap :: Heap (n.) A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones..
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