(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"
distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations"
the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"
a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange"
a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
a small army unit usually having a special function
a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
a land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States"
approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country; "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991"
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities"
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"
an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers"
a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
a side view representation of an object (especially a human face)
represent in profile, by drawing or painting
write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
an architectural product or work
the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"