elevation

noun

• 1the action or fact of elevating or being elevated:her sudden elevation to the cabinet
• augmentation of or increase in the amount or level of something.
• (in a Christian Mass) the raising of the consecrated elements for adoration.

• 2height above a given level, especially sea level:a network of microclimates created by sharp differences in elevation a total elevation gain of 3,995 feet
• a high place or position:most early plantation development was at the higher elevations
• the angle of something with the horizontal, especially of a gun or of the direction of a celestial object.
• Ballet the ability of a dancer to attain height in jumps.

• 3a particular side of a building:a burglar alarm was prominently displayed on the front elevation
• a drawing or diagram, especially of a building, made by projection on a vertical plane. Compare with plan (sense 3 of the noun).