elevation noun [C/U]. âº âheight above the âsurface of the âearth, or an âarea that is âhigher than the âsurrounding âland: [C] At âhigher elevations, the âair is âcolder. (Definition of elevation from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
A dissolved gas is, simply enough, gas that has been dissolved into another material. This creates a solution, a mixture, where the gas is the solute, the minor component, and the other material, generally a liquid, is the solvent, the main component.
1. steam, gas, or exhalation. 2. an atmospheric dispersion of a substance that in its normal state is liquid or solid. vaÂ·por. 1. Molecules in the gaseous phase of a solid or liquid substance exposed to a gas.