vertical elevation
21VERTICAL ET HORIZONTAL — VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL La croisée d’un axe vertical et d’un axe horizontal constitue l’épure symbolique de l’expérience humaine. La croix est l’archétype du partage. Aussi la retrouve t on investie dans les valeurs de justice, de connaissance et… …
22elevation — ► NOUN 1) the action of elevating or the fact of being elevated. 2) height above a given level, especially sea level. 3) the angle of something with the horizontal. 4) a particular side of a building. 5) a scale drawing showing the vertical… …
23Élévation du niveau de la mer — Les mesures du niveau de la mer à partir de 23 enregistrements de marégraphes dans des environnements géologiquement stables montrent une élévation d environ 2 mm par an …
24Elevation — The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, often the mean sea level. Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth s surface, while altitude or geopotential height is …
25Vertical displacement — In tectonics, vertical displacement is the shifting of land in a vertical direction, resulting in a permanent change in elevation.Two types of vertical displacement are uplift, an increase in elevation, and subsidence, a decrease in elevation …
26élévation — (é lé va sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1° Action de rendre plus haut ; résultat de cette action. Élévation d une muraille. L aérostat parvint à une très grande élévation. L élévation des eaux de la rivière par la fonte des neiges.… …
27elevation — /el euh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises: The elevation of the tower is 80 feet. 2. the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level. 3. an elevated place, thing, or part; an eminence. 4.… …
28vertical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Perpendicular to the earth s surface Nouns 1. vertical, perpendicular, upright; verticality, plumbness, aplomb, perpendicularity, orthogonality, elevation, erection; right angle, normal, azimuth circle;… …
29elevation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of raising Nouns 1. elevation; raising, lifting, erection; upheaval, uplift; exaltation, apotheosis, deification (see deity). Informal, heave, hike, boost. See angularity, vertical. 2. (elevated… …
30elevation — i. The vertical distance of a point or a level on the surface of the earth, measured from the mean sea level. For airfields, it is above mean sea level (ICAO). ii. The angle in the vertical plane between an object and the natural horizon. See… …
