What is the meaning of elevation?

noun

• The event of something being raised upward.
  • usage: "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
  • synonyms: lift, raising
• The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
  • usage: "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "... Catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
  • synonyms: acme, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
• Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object.
  • synonyms: EL, altitude, ALT
• A raised or elevated geological formation.
  • synonyms: natural elevation
• Distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level. )
  • usage: "there was snow at the higher elevations"
• Ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump. (
  • usage: "a dancer of exceptional elevation"
• Drawing of an exterior of a structure.
• The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something.
  • usage: "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"
  • synonyms: aggrandizement, aggrandisement