elevational

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adjective

Of or pertaining to an elevation.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveelevational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to an elevation.
    1 more example

    Along with a screen grab from Victoria Secret’s online catalog promoting the bra, Ms. Plew included in her lawsuit a copy of her patent form with a history of previous bras (from the Capparelli to the Zweben) and detailed renderings of her own invention, complete with “diagrammatic rear elevational view.”

    2008 April 22, Alan Feuer, “Saying She Patented Bra, L.I. Woman Goes to Court”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  8. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  9. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  10. Latinlevis
  11. Latinlevō
  12. Latinēlevō
  13. Latinēlevātiō
  14. Old Frenchelevation
  15. Englishelevation
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishelevational

From elevation + -al.

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APA

elevational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevational

MLA

“elevational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevational. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elevational,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevational.

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