Other forms: elevations
An elevation is a drawing of one flat face of a building. The front elevation, a side elevation, submit the elevations.
It shows the face as if seen straight on with no perspective, which is what makes it measurable — a drawing you can take dimensions off rather than a picture. Elevation also means height above sea level, and in the plural it names the drawings as a set.
1nounelevationA drawing of one flat face of a building.
“The architect's front elevation showed the house exactly as it would look from the street.”
2nounheightHeight above sea level.
“The village sits at an elevation of over two thousand metres, so the air is thin.”
elevation is a drawing, or a height.
Latin elevatio comes from elevare, to raise up — e, out, plus levare, to lift. Lever and levity are relatives.
Latin
ēlevātiō
Old French
elevation
English, today
elevation
From Old French elevation, from Latin ēlevātiō. From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA