[noēn] (n) EN: hill ; mound ; knoll ; rise ; eight ; eminence FR: colline [ f ] ; monticule [ m ] ; butte [ f ] ; élévation [ f ] ; tumulus [ m ] ; tertre [ m ] ; remblai [ m ] ; monceau [ m ]

ระดับความสูง

[radap khwām sūng] (n, exp) EN: altitude ; elevation FR: altitude [ f ] ; élévation [ f ] (vx)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

elevation

/EH2 L AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 N//เอะ เหลอะ เฟ้ เฉิ่น//ˌeləvˈeɪʃən/

elevations

/EH2 L AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 N Z//เอะ เหลอะ เฟ้ เฉิ่น สึ//ˌeləvˈeɪʃənz/

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

elevation

(n)/ˌelɪvˈeɪʃən//เอะ หลิ เฟ้ เฉิ่น//e2 l i v ei1 sh @ n/

elevations

(n)/ˌelɪvˈeɪʃənz//เอะ หลิ เฟ้ เฉิ่น สึ//e2 l i v ei1 sh @ n z/

WordNet (3.0)WordNet (3.0)

elevation

(n)the event of something being raised upward, Syn.lift, raising

elevation

(n)angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object), Syn.EL, ALT, altitude

elevation

(n)distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

elevation

(n)(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump

elevation

(n)drawing of an exterior of a structure

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Elevation

n. [ L. elevatio: cf. F. élévation. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. “Degrees of elevation above us.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Gunnery) 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&unr_; sight; -- distinguished from direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Drawing) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. --
Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore. [ 1913 Webster ]