elevation

noun10

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.
2. •
   The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
3. •
   That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.

   • A hill is an elevation of the ground.
4. •
   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.
5. •
   The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
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 of sight; distinguished from direction.
7. •
   The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
8. •
   The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
9. •
   The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
10. •
    (UK, no longer used) An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.