Definition of "elevation"

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.  examples

The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.  examples

That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.  quotations  examples

(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.  examples

The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.  examples

The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.  examples

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.  examples

(architecture) 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.  examples

(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.  examples