'Leveling' definitions:
Definition of 'leveling'
From: WordNet
noun
Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface [syn: grading, leveling]
noun
noun
The act of making equal or uniform [syn: equalization, equalisation, leveling]
Definition of 'Leveling'
From: GCIDE
- Leveling \Lev"el*ing\, n. [Written also levelling.]
- 1. The act or operation of making level. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leveling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower. [1913 Webster]
- And their proud structures level with the ground. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- He levels mountains and he raises plains. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct. [1913 Webster]
- Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, leveled a quarrel out of a crossbow. --Stow. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children. [1913 Webster]
- For all his mind on honor fixed is, To which he levels all his purposes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Leveling'
- Level,
- Leveled,
- Leveler,
- Levelism,
- Levelled,
- Levelling,
- Levelness,
- a level,
- level at,
- level off,
- leveller,
- on the level,
- Air level,
- Blind level,
- Box level,
- Carpenter's level,
- Contact level,
- Dumpy level,
- Flying level,
- Foot level,
- Frame level,
- Gavatt level,
- Green Level,
- Level Park,
- Level Plains,
- Level line,
- Level of the sea,
- Level surface,
- Leveling instrument,
- Leveling staff,
- Line of levels,
- Mason's level,
- Oak Level,
- Pendulum level,
- Pine Level,
- Plumb level,
- Red Level,
- Sandy Level,
- Scalp Level,
- Sea level,
- Spirit level,
- Summit level,
- Surveyor's level,
- Troughton level,
- Water level,
- Y level,
- a spirit level,
- abney level,
- amplitude level,
- background level,
- biosafety level,
- brightness level,
- college level,
- energy level,
- fuel level,
- ground level,
- groundwater level,
- intensity level,
- level best,
- level crossing,
- level head,
- noise level,
- o level,
- poverty level,
- pressure level,
- price level,
- signal level,
- split level,
- support level,
- threshold level,
- Green Level, NC,
- Level Park, MI,
- Level Plains, AL,
- Oak Level, VA,
- Pine Level, NC,
- Red Level, AL,
- Sandy Level, VA,
- Scalp Level, PA,
- Vane of a leveling staff,
- biosafety level 1,
- biosafety level 2,
- biosafety level 3,
- biosafety level 4,
- high-level,
- level-headed,
- low level flight,
- low-level,
- middle-level,
- sea-level,
- sound pressure level,
- upper-level,
- high-level formatting,
- high-level language,
- low-level formatting,
- sea-level pressure,
- Level Park-Oak Park,
- high-level radioactive waste,
- low-level radioactive waste,
- Level Park-Oak Park, MI,
- blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging