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Bible Dictionaries
Elevation
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
(2):
(n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
(3):
(n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
(7):
(n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; - said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elevation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/elevation.html. 1828.
