ELEVATION (BALLISTICS)

:''For other senses of this word, see Elevation (disambiguation).''
In ballistics, the 'elevation' is the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery. Originally, elevation was a ''linear'' measure of how high the gunners had to physically lift the muzzle of a gun up from the gun carriage to hit targets at a certain distance.

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★ Altitude (astronomy)