The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
The collective noun for larks.
The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.
The tendency to present events as trivial or unimportant; trivialization
The process of finding the minimum value of a function.