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leveling
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Leveling
(gcide) | Level \Lev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leveled (-[e^]ld) or
Levelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Leveling or Levelling.]
1. To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the
condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat
or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden.
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2. To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down;
to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.
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And their proud structures level with the ground.
--Sandys.
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He levels mountains and he raises plains. --Dryden.
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3. To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to
point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.
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Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall,
leveled a quarrel out of a crossbow. --Stow.
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4. Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in
respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.;
as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men.
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5. To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level
remarks to the capacity of children.
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For all his mind on honor fixed is,
To which he levels all his purposes. --Spenser.
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Leveling
(gcide) | Leveling \Lev"el*ing\, n. [Written also levelling.]
1. The act or operation of making level.
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2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling
instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining
the differences of level between different points of the
earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing
grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or
locating a line of railroad.
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Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level,
n.
Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection
with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of
level between points.
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leveling
(wn) | leveling
n 1: changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently
sloping surface [syn: grading, leveling]
2: complete destruction of a building [syn: razing,
leveling, tearing down, demolishing]
3: the act of making equal or uniform [syn: equalization,
equalisation, leveling] |
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leveling off
(encz) | leveling off, |
Leveling
(gcide) | Level \Lev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leveled (-[e^]ld) or
Levelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Leveling or Levelling.]
1. To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the
condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat
or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden.
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2. To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down;
to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.
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And their proud structures level with the ground.
--Sandys.
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He levels mountains and he raises plains. --Dryden.
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3. To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to
point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.
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Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall,
leveled a quarrel out of a crossbow. --Stow.
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4. Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in
respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.;
as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men.
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5. To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level
remarks to the capacity of children.
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For all his mind on honor fixed is,
To which he levels all his purposes. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Leveling \Lev"el*ing\, n. [Written also levelling.]
1. The act or operation of making level.
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2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling
instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining
the differences of level between different points of the
earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing
grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or
locating a line of railroad.
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Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level,
n.
Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection
with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of
level between points.
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leveling instrument
(gcide) | Level \Lev"el\ (l[e^]v"[e^]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF. livel,
F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level,
dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water
poise, level. Cf. Librate, Libella.]
1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or
plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this
is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all
points are equally distant from the center of the earth,
or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
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2. A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a
plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point
and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this
is the apparent level at the given point.
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3. An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain
degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the
earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the
level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the
valley or of the sea.
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After draining of the level in Northamptonshire.
--Sir M. Hale.
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Shot from the deadly level of a gun. --Shak.
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4. Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard,
degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one
of several planes of different elevation.
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Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level.
--Addison.
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Somebody there of his own level. --Swift.
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Be the fair level of thy actions laid
As temperance wills and prudence may persuade.
--Prior.
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5. A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a
condition conformable to natural law or which will secure
a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.
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When merit shall find its level. --F. W.
Robertson.
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6. (Mech. & Surv.)
(a) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or
adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
(b) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two
points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
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7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
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Air level, a spirit level. See Spirit level (below).
Box level, a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is
used instead of a tube.
Carpenter's level, Mason's level, either the plumb level
or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small
spirit level.
Level of the sea, the imaginary level from which heights
and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance
between high and low water.
Line of levels, a connected series of measurements, by
means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to
ascertain the profile of the ground.
Plumb level, one in which a horizontal bar is placed in
true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at
right angles.
Spirit level, one in which the adjustment to the horizon is
shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether
contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular
box with a glass cover.
Surveyor's level, a telescope, with a spirit level
attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate
adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in
leveling; -- called also leveling instrument.
Water level, an instrument to show the level by means of
the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes
connected by a pipe.
[1913 Webster]Leveling \Lev"el*ing\, n. [Written also levelling.]
1. The act or operation of making level.
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2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling
instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining
the differences of level between different points of the
earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing
grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or
locating a line of railroad.
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Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level,
n.
Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection
with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of
level between points.
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Leveling instrument
(gcide) | Level \Lev"el\ (l[e^]v"[e^]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF. livel,
F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level,
dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water
poise, level. Cf. Librate, Libella.]
1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or
plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this
is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all
points are equally distant from the center of the earth,
or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
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2. A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a
plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point
and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this
is the apparent level at the given point.
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3. An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain
degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the
earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the
level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the
valley or of the sea.
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After draining of the level in Northamptonshire.
--Sir M. Hale.
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Shot from the deadly level of a gun. --Shak.
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4. Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard,
degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one
of several planes of different elevation.
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Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level.
--Addison.
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Somebody there of his own level. --Swift.
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Be the fair level of thy actions laid
As temperance wills and prudence may persuade.
--Prior.
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5. A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a
condition conformable to natural law or which will secure
a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.
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When merit shall find its level. --F. W.
Robertson.
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6. (Mech. & Surv.)
(a) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or
adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
(b) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two
points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
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7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
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Air level, a spirit level. See Spirit level (below).
Box level, a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is
used instead of a tube.
Carpenter's level, Mason's level, either the plumb level
or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small
spirit level.
Level of the sea, the imaginary level from which heights
and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance
between high and low water.
Line of levels, a connected series of measurements, by
means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to
ascertain the profile of the ground.
Plumb level, one in which a horizontal bar is placed in
true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at
right angles.
Spirit level, one in which the adjustment to the horizon is
shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether
contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular
box with a glass cover.
Surveyor's level, a telescope, with a spirit level
attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate
adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in
leveling; -- called also leveling instrument.
Water level, an instrument to show the level by means of
the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes
connected by a pipe.
[1913 Webster]Leveling \Lev"el*ing\, n. [Written also levelling.]
1. The act or operation of making level.
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2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling
instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining
the differences of level between different points of the
earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing
grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or
locating a line of railroad.
[1913 Webster]
Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level,
n.
Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection
with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of
level between points.
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Leveling staff
(gcide) | Leveling \Lev"el*ing\, n. [Written also levelling.]
1. The act or operation of making level.
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2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling
instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining
the differences of level between different points of the
earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing
grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or
locating a line of railroad.
[1913 Webster]
Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level,
n.
Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection
with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of
level between points.
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Vane of a leveling staff
(gcide) | Vane \Vane\ (v[=a]n), n. [OE. & Prov. E. fane weathercock,
banner, AS. fana a banner, flag; akin to D. vaan, G. fahne,
OHG. fano cloth, gund fano flag, Icel. f[=a]ni, Sw. fana,
Dan. fane, Goth. fana cloth, L. pannus, and perhaps to Gr.
ph^nos a web, phni`on a bobbin, spool. Cf. Fanon, Pane a
compartment, panel.]
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1. A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the
purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a
weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or
slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and
placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves
freely.
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Aye undiscreet, and changing as a vane. --Chaucer.
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2. Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved
by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar
fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other
fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an
anemometer, etc.
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3. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
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4. One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
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Vane of a leveling staff. (Surv.) Same as Target, 3.
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