Elevation /(?)/

El·e·va·tion

Elevation

n.
  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.
  2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
    His style . . . wanted a little elevation.
  3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
  4. 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. (Astron.)
  5. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. (Dialing)
  6. 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. (Gunnery)
  7. 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. (Drawing)

Phrases & Compounds
Angle of elevation
the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane.
Elevation of the host
that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.