Elevation (disambiguation)
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Elevation, literally "(up)lifting something or someone higher" (also figuratively), can refer to:
- Elevation (Liturgy) of consecrated bread and wine in Mass.
- Elevation, the height of a geographic location above mean sea level
- Elevation, the lifting effect of the sound source in the center between stereo loudspeakers.
- Elevation (ballistics), the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery
- Altitude (astronomy), one of the coordinates of the horizontal coordinate system used in satellite communication and astronomy
- metonymically Promotion (rank), being raised to a higher rank, or simply the awarding of a high office such as a throne or prelature
- Elevation (view) is an orthographic view. See Plan view.
As a name:
- Elevation (song), a 2001 single from the rock band U2 featured in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
