elevation

標高、海抜

海面の平均的な高さを基準にした、ある場所の高さ。

やさしい英語で： The height of a place above the sea’s usual surface level.

• The map shows the mountain’s elevation.
• Trees grow slowly at this elevation.
• The town sits at an elevation of 1,200 meters.

使い方： at an elevation of… (The village lies at an elevation of 900 meters.)

類義語： altitude, height

よく使う表現： high elevation, elevation above something, at this elevation

引き上げ、昇格

物を上へ動かすこと、または人の地位を上げること。

やさしい英語で： The act of moving something up or giving someone a higher position.

• Elevation of the injured leg may reduce swelling.
• Her elevation to director surprised the team.
• The slow elevation of the platform took several minutes.

使い方： elevation of something (Elevation of the arm helped reduce the swelling.); elevation to something (His elevation to chairman was announced yesterday.)

類義語： raising, lifting

反対語： lowering

よく使う表現： elevation of something, elevation to something

高地、高まり

周囲よりも高くなっている場所や土地。

やさしい英語で： A place or piece of land that stands higher than the area around it.

• A small elevation overlooked the river.
• We rested on an elevation above the fields.
• Several rocky elevations broke up the flat landscape.

類義語： rise, height

よく使う表現： small elevation, rocky elevation

仰角、高度

星などの物体が地平線よりどれだけ高く見えるかを示す角度。

やさしい英語で： The angle showing how high a star or other object appears above the line where sky meets land.

• The star had an elevation of thirty degrees.
• We measured the moon’s elevation with an instrument.
• The sun’s elevation decreases during the afternoon.

使い方： elevation of something (The elevation of the sun changes throughout the day.)

類義語： altitude

よく使う表現： elevation angle, solar elevation, elevation of something