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Elevation vs X - What's the difference?

elevation | x |

As a noun elevation

is elevation (height above something).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

elevation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * elevate * elevator * overelevation

    Antonyms

    * disgust * demotion * depression * diminishment * reduction

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----