elevation Meaning and Definition
1. n. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
2. n. drawing of an exterior of a structure
3. n. (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
4. n. distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
5. n. the event of something being raised upward
6. n. a raised or elevated geological formation
7. n. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
8. n. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic system, vertical datum).
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