el·e·va·tion (?l??-v??sh?n)n.1. a. The act or an instance of elevating: the slow elevation of body temperature.b. The condition of being elevated: her elevation among scholars.2. a. The height to which something is elevated above a point of reference, especially mean sea level: The ridge rises to an elevation of 3,000 feet.b. The angular distance of an object above the observer’s horizon.3. An elevated place or position: The hill is the highest elevation around here.4. Loftiness or dignity, as of thought or feeling: a passage noted for its elevation of style.5. A scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a structure.6. a. The ability to achieve height in a jump, as in ballet.b. The degree of height reached when such a jump is executed.Synonyms: elevation, altitude, height These nouns denote the distance of something above a point of reference such as the horizon: a city at an elevation of 3,000 feet above sea level; flying at an altitude of 1 mile; grew to a height of 6 feet.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.elevation (??l??ve???n) n1. the act of elevating or the state of being elevated2. the height of something above a given or implied place, esp above sea level3. a raised area; height4. nobleness or grandeur; loftiness: elevation of thought. 5. (Architecture) a drawing to scale of the external face of a building or structure. Compare plan3, ground plan16. (Architecture) the external face of a building or structure7. (Ballet) a ballet dancer’s ability to leap high8. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church the lifting up of the Host at Mass for adoration9. (Astronomy) astronomy another name for altitude310. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the angle formed between the muzzle of a gun and the horizontal11. (Surveying) surveying the angular distance between the plane through a point of observation and an object above it. Compare depression712. linguistics another term for amelioration ?ele?vational adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014el?e?va?tion (??l ??ve? ??n) n. 1. the act of elevating, or the state of being elevated. 2. the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises. 3. the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level. 4. an elevated place; eminence. 5. a drawing that represents a building or other object as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides. 6. Surveying. a. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object above the observer or instrument and a horizontal line. b. the distance above a datum level. 7. the ability of a dancer to stay in the air while executing a step, or the height thus attained. 8. the lifting of the Eucharistic elements immediately after consecration in the mass. [1350?1400; Middle English