English-Spanish translations for elevation

• elevación
• altitud
  Las características físicas específicas de esas regiones (pendientes pronunciadas, diferencias de altitud) las sitúan en desventaja en comparación con otras regiones de la Unión Europea. The specific physical characteristics of such regions (steep slopes, differences in elevation) put them at a disadvantage compared with other EU regions.
• alzado
• ascenso
  El ascenso del fraude fiscal al ámbito de la política gubernamental: destilación de pálinka. The elevation of tax fraud to the level of government policy: Palinka distillation.
  Señor Presidente; número uno: felicitamos a Alexander Stubb por su ascenso al cargo de Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Finlandia. Mr President, number one: we congratulate Alexander Stubb on his elevation to Foreign Minister in Finland.
• enaltecimiento
• exaltación
• promontorio

Definition of elevation

• The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc
• The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation
• The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands
• 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
• The raising of the host#Noun_3|host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service

Examples

• the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character
• A hill is an elevation of the ground.
• the elevation of the pole, or of a star

Related words

• superelevation
• angle of elevation
• satellite angular elevation
• back elevation