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elevation
What does elevation mean?
elevation (noun): distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use elevation in a sentence?
- There was snow at the higher elevations. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce elevation?
/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does elevation come from?
From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to elevation
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
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