"denivelation" meaning in English

See denivelation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: denivelations [plural]
Etymology: French dénivellation. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dénivellation}} French dénivellation Head templates: {{en-noun}} denivelation (plural denivelations)
  1. (caving) the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. depth is the distance between the cave entrance and the lowest known point reached. denivelation is less than or equal to depth Categories (topical): Caving
    Sense id: en-denivelation-en-noun-mDk8UPoS Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 45 55 Topics: caving, hobbies, lifestyle
  2. (hiking, cycling, trail running) the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point Categories (topical): Cycling
    Sense id: en-denivelation-en-noun-X6pVmXST Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 45 55 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for denivelation meaning in English (2.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "dénivellation"
      },
      "expansion": "French dénivellation",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "French dénivellation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "denivelations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "denivelation (plural denivelations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caving",
          "orig": "en:Caving",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. depth is the distance between the cave entrance and the lowest known point reached. denivelation is less than or equal to depth"
      ],
      "id": "en-denivelation-en-noun-mDk8UPoS",
      "links": [
        [
          "caving",
          "caving#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ],
        [
          "depth",
          "depth"
        ],
        [
          "cave",
          "cave"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(caving) the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. depth is the distance between the cave entrance and the lowest known point reached. denivelation is less than or equal to depth"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "caving",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cycling",
          "orig": "en:Cycling",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point"
      ],
      "id": "en-denivelation-en-noun-X6pVmXST",
      "links": [
        [
          "cycling",
          "cycling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "hiking; trail running; hiking; trail running",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hiking, cycling, trail running) the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cycling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denivelation"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English undefined derivations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "dénivellation"
      },
      "expansion": "French dénivellation",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "French dénivellation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "denivelations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "denivelation (plural denivelations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Caving"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. depth is the distance between the cave entrance and the lowest known point reached. denivelation is less than or equal to depth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "caving",
          "caving#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ],
        [
          "depth",
          "depth"
        ],
        [
          "cave",
          "cave"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(caving) the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. depth is the distance between the cave entrance and the lowest known point reached. denivelation is less than or equal to depth"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "caving",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cycling"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cycling",
          "cycling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "hiking; trail running; hiking; trail running",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hiking, cycling, trail running) the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cycling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denivelation"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (8203a16 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.