Elevation vs Latitude - What's the difference?
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The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
(lb) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(lb) The raising of the —representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(geography, astronomy) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
(geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
(photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
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Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
As nouns the difference between elevation and latitude
is that elevation is the act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character while latitude is the angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.elevation
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(en noun)Antonyms
* disgust * demotion * depression * diminishment * reductionlatitude
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(wikipedia latitude)Noun
(en noun)- His parents gave him a great deal of latitude .