Elevation (disambiguation)

Elevation is the height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point.

Elevation may also refer to:

Math and science

  • Elevation (ballistics), the angle between a weapon barrel and the horizontal plane
  • Elevation (astronomy), one component of the horizontal coordinate system
  • Elevation (view), used in architectural drawing to represent a building facade
  • Elevation (kinesiology), an anatomical term of motion
  • Elevation (emotion)
  • Elevation, a type of semantic change in linguistics

Music

Other uses

  • Elevation, New Zealand, a locality in the Marlborough District
  • Elevation (liturgy), the lifting of consecrated bread and wine in Mass
  • Elevation (novella), a 2018 novella by Stephen King
  • Elevation, or privilege escalation, use of a computer security exploit to access protected information or functions

See also

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