Elevation

Noun

1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

   "elevation to a throne"

2. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.

   "A hill is an elevation of the ground."

4. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.

   "the elevation of the pole, or of a star"

5. The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.