n. (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"

n. drawing of an exterior of a structure

n. a raised or elevated geological formation

n. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

n. the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

n. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"

n. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

n. height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"

n. hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

n. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

n. a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

n. the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

n. the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

n. a sunken or depressed geological formation

n. a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

n. act of lowering in rank or position