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SURVEYOR'S LEVEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of land
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("surveyor's level" is a kind of...):
surveying instrument; surveyor's instrument (an instrument used by surveyors)
Meronyms (parts of "surveyor's level"):
level; spirit level (indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surveyor's level"):
Abney level (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)
Dumpy level (a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level)
