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Definition of Elevations
1. elevation [n] - See also: elevation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elevations
Literary usage of Elevations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of Winds and of Barometric Pressures on the Great Lakes by John Fillmore Hayford (1922)
"The column marked "6-day corrected mean" bears the same relation to the corrected
elevations as the column marked "5-day observed mean" does to the observed ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"SKETCHING CONTOURS FROM KNOWN elevations. — A portion of the country can be ...
The points at which elevations are taken in the field should be so chosen ..."
3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"In nearly all pulse tracings, the curve of the expansion and recoil of the artery
is broken by two, three, or several smaller elevations and depressions: ..."
4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"In nearly all pulse tracings, the curve of the expansion and recoil of the artery
is broken by two, three, or several smaller elevations and depressions: ..."
5. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Frank Allen (1920)
"Observing the elevations of governing points, and knowing the distances between
those points, ... The elevations are usually taken by the Aneroid Barometer. ..."
6. Tactics by William Balck (1911)
"that range combined sights may be used in which the two rear sight elevations
differ from each other by 100 or 50 m.* "Rapidly approaching or receding ..."
7. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1898)
"The following list of elevations includes the latest and best determinations.
In case of difference between these elevations and thoee shown on the map, ..."
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