Значення

значень: 10
  1. (злічуване, незлічуване)The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

    elevation to a throne

    elevation to sainthood

    Hebung, Erheben, Anhebung

    подъёмpodʺjóm

    підійма́нняpidijmánnja, схо́дженняsxódžennja, підне́сенняpidnésennja

  2. (злічуване, незлічуване)The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.

    Erhebung

    підне́сенняpidnésennja

  3. (злічуване, незлічуване)That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.

    A hill is an elevation of the ground.

    Erhebung, Erhöhung, Anhöhe

    a raised or elevated geological formation

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

    the elevation of the pole, or of a star

    Höhe, Höhenwinkel

    angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

  5. (злічуване, незлічуване)The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.

  6. (злічуване, незлічуване)The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.

  7. (злічуване, незлічуване)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.

    Erhöhung

  8. (злічуване, незлічуване)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.

    Aufriss, Ansicht, Profil

  9. (злічуване, незлічуване)The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.

    Elevation

  10. (Британія, застаріле, незлічуване)An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.

Приклади

речень: 30
  1. What state has the highest elevation?

  2. As elevation increases, air pressure decreases.

    deDer Luftdruck sinkt mit steigender Höhe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. True elevation is achieved through humility.

  4. Woke is the elevation of sensitivity over truth.

  5. What is the capital of the state with the highest elevation?

Українська
За значеннями 1
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Русский
За значеннями 1
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Deutsch
За значеннями 6
act of raising:
condition of being elevated:
that which is raised:
distance of a celestial object above the horizon:
architecture:
raising of the host:

Походження

From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion.

From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion.

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Форми

множина: elevations
Однинаelevation
Множинаelevations

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Синоніми

синонімів: 17
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Антоніми

антонімів: 5

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 10

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