EL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does EL mean? 

• EL (noun)
  The noun EL has 2 senses:

1. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

2. a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level

  Familiarity information: EL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

ALT; altitude; EL; elevation

Hypernyms ("EL" is a kind of...):

angular position (relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

el; elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway

Hypernyms ("el" is a kind of...):

railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "el"):

big dipper; chute-the-chute; roller coaster (elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines))

 Context examples 

El Barranquete is an Almerian megalithic necropolis, a classic in the study of the societies of Los Millares culture.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)

El Niño shifts the growing season around the tropics, causes winter drought in Africa and South America, and changes the timing of monsoon rainfalls in Asia.

(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)

The device, which was tested experimentally by Lepage’s co-authors from the Institut Néel, measures just a few millionths of a metre long.

(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)