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upness

upness

9.9
A state of being higher than other things, like a mountain peak
  • noun
  • /ˈʌp.nəs/
translation icon : elevación
  • The tall building gave the city an impressive sense of upness, dominating the skyline.

Examples

  • The balloon floated into the air, symbolizing a feeling of upness and freedom.

  • We're increasing the amount of mixed upness and Gibbs depends negatively with entropy.

  • This is an entangled pair of quarks, not entangled through this spin, but entangled through their upness or downness.

  • Her spirit was filled with upness after receiving the good news about her job application.

Synonyms

elevation
vsupness
12 4.1

Raising someone to a higher job or rank

is the state of being high rather than the act that causes it
loftiness
vsupness
1 7.5

Being high in position or having noble, admired ideas and style

is the general quality of being at a higher level without rank focus

Antonyms

downward
51 1.0

Toward a lower place or level

How High

upness
9.9
elevation
42 4.2
altitude
274 4.0
low
∞ 1.0
ground level
21 2.4

Surface Forms

upness singular
upnesses plural

Morphology

upness = up (transparent) = up + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the spatial adjective 'up' describing the state of being upward or elevated.

Etymology

Upness comes from the small word up and the ending -ness, which makes a state. So, upness means being up or higher, like the 'up' in 'stand up' or the top of a hill.