Definition of level

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Level (n.) 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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Aflat :: Aflat (adv.) Level with the ground; flat.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants..
Plano-horizontal :: Plano-horizontal (a.) Having a level horizontal surface or position.
Evenly :: Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely..
Raze :: Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
Flush :: Flush (adv.) So as to be level or even.
Table-land :: Table-land (n.) A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau..
Seiches :: Seiches (n. pl.) Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva..
Plain :: Plain (superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
Level :: Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line..
Mezzanine :: Mezzanine (n.) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house..
Furring :: Furring (n.) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3..
Hypsometry :: Hypsometry (n.) That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively..
Rink :: Rink (n.) The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States..
Estrade :: Estrade (n.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais..
Level :: Level (v. i.) To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit..
Leveling :: Leveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leve.
Levelly :: Levelly (adv.) In an even or level manner.
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