level
adj.
straight; equal; even, balanced; horizontal; on an equal level; honest, frank
v.
straighten, flatten, make even; equalize, adjust two or more things so they are level with each other; destroy, tear down; knock down; direct, aim (weapon, etc.); be open and honest, be frank; use a level
n.
degree; rank; height; plane, flat horizontal surface; plain, flat horizontal area of land; device used to determine if a surface is horizontal; floor, storey
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Level may refer to:A
floor of a buildingA level of a mine, see
shaft mining. A level with access to the surface is an
aditLevel (computer and video games), a stage of the game
Level up, in role-playing games
Level (music), similar to but more general and basic than a chord
LeveL, a games magazine in the Czech Republic, Romania and Turkey
ILR scale, also known as Foreign Service Levels
Sound pressure level, a measure related to decibelsLevelling, a process used in
surveying used to measure relative heightsLevelling or
regrading in civil engineering
Spirit level (also called a bubble level), a tool used in construction and surveying
Dumpy level, used in surveying
Laser line levelLevellers, a group that wished to bring all people to the same social status and wealthA level in applied statistics, the different treatments that are applied within a factor; see
design of experimentsSomerset Levels, a wetland area of central Somerset, England
Levels (youth center), housed in the basement of the main branch of the Great Neck Library
Level vodka, a luxury vodka produced by AbsolutLevel (band) , a nu-metal band from LA
Leveling seat, an assembly seat assigned to a party in a process aiming at achieving a more proportional distribution of seats
Level (Raconteurs song), by rock band The Raconteurs"Leveled", a song by Avail from their 2000 album
One WrenchMorphological levelling, a diachronic process of morphological simplification in linguistics
Levél, a village in Hungary
Level, Ohio, a former community in the United States
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n.
level, rank
Level
(a.)
Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level.
(a.)
Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by to.
(a.)
Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake.
(a.)
Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
(a.)
Straightforward; direct; clear; open.
(a.)
Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.]
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
(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.
(n.)
A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
(n.)
Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation.
(v. i.)
To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object.
(v. i.)
To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children.
(v. t.)
To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.
(v. t.)
To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.
(v. t.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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