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SPIRIT LEVEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
Synonyms:
level; spirit level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spirit level" is a kind of...):
indicator (a device for showing the operating condition of some system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit level"):
mason's level (a level longer than a carpenter's level)
Holonyms ("spirit level" is a part of...):
carpenter's level (a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it)
surveyor's level (surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of land)
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