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Definition of Leveling

1. Noun. Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface.

2. Noun. Complete destruction of a building.

3. Noun. The act of making equal or uniform.

Definition of Leveling

1. n. The act or operation of making level.

Definition of Leveling

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of level) ¹

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Definition of Leveling

1. level [v] - See also: level

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leveling

level junction level of aspiration level off level pegging level playing field level set level staff level up leveled leveled up

leveler levelers levelest levelheaded levelheadedness leveling (current term) leveling up levelised life-cycle cost levelism levelled

levelled up leveller levellers levelless levelling levelling up levelly levelness levelnesses levels

Literary usage of Leveling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"Trigonometric leveling, which is carried on simultaneously with the triangulation, ... Barometric leveling yields but rough results as compared with the two ..."

2. List and Catalogue of the Publications Issued by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic by Edward Lawver Burchard (1902)
"Comparison of the methods of determining heights by means of leveling, vertical angles, ... Result of spirit leveling between tide water at Annapolis, Md., ..."

3. Geodesy: Including Astronomical Observations, Gravity Measurements, and by George Leonard Hosmer (1919)
"Precise leveling. The term precise leveling is applied to the operation of determining differences in elevation of successive points on the earth's surface ..."

4. Geodetic Surveying and the Adjustment of Observations (method of Least Squares) by Edward Lovering Ingram (1911)
"leveling is the operation of determining the relative elevations of different points ... By geodetic leveling is meant that class of leveling in which extra ..."

5. The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1918)
"Watson and Sons' leveling stage. remaining parallel to the lower one. ... The leveling stage (Fig. 62) is one of several constructed by Watson and Sons, ..."

6. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie (1897)
"Indirect leveling. In this method of leveling the desired height is obtained ... This method of leveling is employed in determining the difference of level ..."

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