Elevation

Raising or lifting stands for:

• lifting a load in technology, see lifting technology
• a figure in dance sport and in acrobatics, see lifting figure
• the collection or collection of taxes and the like, see levy
• Hebén , a white grape variety

Linguistics and literary studies:

• Elevation (linguistics) , a sound change that increases a vowel or an intonation
• Sound change shifting a consonant or vowel towards the palate, see palatalization
• Hebung (Verslehre) , a stressed syllable in meter

Natural Sciences:

• Uplift (geology) , a vertical movement of masses in the earth's crust
• the forced ascent of air masses, see rise and fall (meteorology)
• Shift of the frost lines in climatology, see snow line
• Elevation (clock) , the introduction of a small amount of energy into the oscillation system of a clock
• the birth process (ancient), see midwife

See also:

• Lifter

Wiktionary: Elevation  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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