7. (Drawing)
Defn: 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. Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. — Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.
ELEVATOR El"e*va`tor, n. Etym: [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. élévateur.]
Defn: One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; — called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. Elevator head, leg, and boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.
ELEVATORY
El"e*va`to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.
ELEVATORY
El"e*va`to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élévatoire.] (Surg.)
Defn: See Elevator, n. (e). Dunglison.
ELEVE
É`lève" (, n. Etym: [F., fr. élever to raise, bring up.]
Defn: A pupil; a student.