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Definition: ANGLE OF ELEVATION


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Definition: ANGLE OF ELEVATION


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Common Expressions: ANGLE OF ELEVATION

Expressions	Definition
Angle of elevation	(Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Specialty Expressions: ANGLE OF ELEVATION

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Angle of elevation	Aerospace	The angle in a vertical plane between the local horizontal and an ascending line, as from an observer to an object. Also called elevation angle. A negative angle of elevation is usually called an angle of depression. (references)
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