elevation

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elevation/elɪˈveɪʃn/

▶noun

• 1 the action or fact of elevating or being elevated.

• 2 height above a given level, especially sea level.

  ■ the angle of something with the horizontal.

• 3 Ballet the ability of a dancer to attain height in jumps.

• 4 a particular side of a building.

  ■ a scale drawing showing the vertical projection of one side of a building.

– derivatives
elevational adjective.