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Y level
(gcide) | Y level \Y" lev`el\ (Surv.)
See under Y, n.
[1913 Webster] Yliche |
Y level
(gcide) | Y \Y\ (w[imac]), n.; pl. Y's (w[imac]z) or Ys.
Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling
in form the letter Y. Specifically:
(a) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of
a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a
wye.
(b) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
(c) (Railroads) A portion of track consisting of two
diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
[1913 Webster]
Y level (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of
level by means of a telescope resting in Y's.
Y moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth {Plusia
gamma}) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the
letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is
green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the
cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also gamma moth, and
silver Y.
[1913 Webster] |
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energy level
(encz) | energy level, n: |
full capacity level
(encz) | full capacity level, |
intensity level
(encz) | intensity level, n: |
poverty level
(encz) | poverty level, |
probability level
(encz) | probability level, |
safety integrity level
(encz) | safety integrity level,úroveň integrity bezpečnosti n: [tech.] parkmaj |
Dumpy level
(gcide) | Dumpy level \Dump"y lev"el\ (Surv.)
A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly
fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a
horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one.
It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name
of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is
known as the Gavatt level.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
abney level
(wn) | Abney level
n 1: a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a
sighting tube; used to measure the angle of inclination of
a line from the observer to the target |
biosafety level
(wn) | biosafety level
n 1: the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents;
depends on work practices and safety equipment and
facilities |
biosafety level 1
(wn) | biosafety level 1
n 1: exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily
cause human disease |
biosafety level 2
(wn) | biosafety level 2
n 1: exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in
humans but whose potential for transmission is limited |
biosafety level 3
(wn) | biosafety level 3
n 1: exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by
the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection |
biosafety level 4
(wn) | biosafety level 4
n 1: exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk
of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an
aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy |
dumpy level
(wn) | Dumpy level
n 1: a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a
horizontally rotating table and a spirit level |
energy level
(wn) | energy level
n 1: a definite stable energy that a physical system can have;
used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or
molecules; "according to quantum theory only certain energy
levels are possible" [syn: energy level, energy state] |
intensity level
(wn) | intensity level
n 1: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or
electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of
the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
[syn: intensity, strength, intensity level] |
poverty level
(wn) | poverty level
n 1: a level of personal income defining the state of poverty
[syn: poverty line, poverty level] |
interrupt priority level
(foldoc) | interrupt priority level
The Motorola 68000 family of processors can be at an
interrupt priority level from 0 (no interrupt in progress) up
to 7. While the processor is handling an interrupt at one
level, it will ignore other interrupts at that level or lower.
(1994-11-23)
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set priority level
(foldoc) | Set Priority Level
(SPL) The way traditional Unix kernels implement {mutual
exclusion} by running code at high interrupt priority levels
and thus blocking lower level interrupts.
(1994-11-23)
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