elevations
Senso (Inglese)
plural of elevation
elevation
- (countable, uncountable) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
- (countable, uncountable) The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
- (countable, uncountable) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
- (countable, uncountable) The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
- (countable, uncountable) The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
- (UK, obsolete, uncountable) An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.
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