What is the meaning of "Elevation above the surface of the ellipsoid"?

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I'm using implementation of Vincenty's algorithms, and I have there class called position requires lat, lon and elevation defined by: "Elevation above the surface of the ellipsoid".

What is the meaning in such applications? Is it just simple "Elevation above MSL"?

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