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Elevation, literally "(up)lifting something or someone higher" (also figuratively), can refer to:

• Elevation (liturgy) of consecrated bread and wine in Mass.
• Elevation, the height of a geographic location above mean sea level
• Elevation, the lifting effect of the sound source in the center between stereo loudspeakers.
• Elevation (ballistics), the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery
• Altitude (astronomy), one of the coordinates of the horizontal coordinate system used in satellite communication and astronomy
• metonymically Promotion (rank), being raised to a higher rank, or simply the awarding of a high office such as a nthrone or prelature
• Elevation (view) is an orthographic view. See Plan view.
• Elevation (kinesiology) - an anatomical term of motion
• Elevation (psychology) - an emotion
• Elevation can be synonymous for vertical privilege escalation, which, in computing, provides a mean of accessing information or performing actions reserved for a system administrator.

As a name:

• Elevation (song), U2's 2001 single from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind, featured in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• Elevation Tour, U2's 2001 concert tour
• Elevation 2001: Live from Boston, U2's Elevation Tour concert video release
• Elevation Partners, a private equity firm

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