elevation
noun
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When you're hiking, you may be interested in knowing the highest elevation you'll be reaching. Psychologists use the term "mood elevation" to mean improvement in a patient's depression, and some leg ailments require elevation of the limb, usually so that it's higher than the heart for part of each day. Elevation can also mean "promotion;" thus, a vice president may be elevated to president, or a captain may be elevated to admiral.
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Examples of elevation in a Sentence
George Ramsay, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Temperatures at elevations as low as 3,000 feet could reach freezing levels by late Thursday and Friday across the Southland — the lowest elevation for snow seen this winter and spring season, said Rich Thompson, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Near La Crosse, with the temperature at or near freezing and the variable elevations in the area, snow accumulation reports varied dramatically.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
Up to a half-inch of rain is forecast for Thursday, along with possible hail and snow in high elevations.
—Kristin Bender, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Most of the one-mile segment is separated by a wide median, with the northbound lanes at a higher elevation than the southbound lanes.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Winds are forecast to gust in lower elevations between 35 and 45 mph.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2024
Jerome is built on the steep slope of Cleopatra Hill with 1,500 vertical feet of elevation change from one end of town to the other.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
In lower elevations and coastal regions across Northern California, showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday and Saturday before the storm shifts southward, bringing those rains and winds to Central and Southern California on Saturday and Sunday.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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Word History
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Elevation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elevation. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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