Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

LEVELING ROD

Specialty Definition: LEVELING ROD

DomainDefinition

Geography

Straight rod or bar with a flat face, graduated in plainly visible linear units with zero at the bottom, used in measuring the vertical distance between a point of the Earth's surface and the line of sight of levelling instrument that has been adjusted to a horizontal position; usually made of metal or well-seasoned wood. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A graduated rod used in measuring the vertical distance between a point on the ground and the line of sight of a surveyor's level. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Crosswords: LEVELING ROD

Specialty definitions using "LEVELING ROD": New York rodPhiladelphia rodrodman. (references)

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: LEVELING ROD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

leveling rod

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translation: LEVELING ROD

Language Translations for "LEVELING ROD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

landmålerstok (flag, level rod, pole, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), jalon (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

richtstok (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), jalon (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), bakenstok (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), baak (beacon). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

latta (graduated staf, level rod, range-pole, rod, stadia rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), mittatanko (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

French

  

jalon (level rod). (various references)

   

German

  

Vermessungsstab (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), Meßlatte (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χωροσταθμική ράβδος (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod), χωροσταθμική πήχυς (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

Italian

  

picchetto di rilevamento (level rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

evelinglay odray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

mira (aim, bourne, cockshot, foresight, mark, point, sight, target). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

jalón (rod). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avvägningsstång (graduated staf, level rod, range-pole, rod, stadia rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: LEVELING ROD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-r-v"

-2 letters: grovelled, revelling.

-3 letters: develing, drolling, eloigned, eloigner, engirdle, enrolled, evildoer, goldener, governed, groveled, leveling, levering, lingered, livelong, lonelier, lordling, lovelier, nielloed, overgild, overidle, overlend, reedling, reveling, ringdove, rondelle.

-4 letters: deleing, deliver, delving, diverge, dolling, dreeing, droving, eloined, eloiner, energid, erelong, eroding, eviller, glenoid, gloried, godlier, grieved, grilled, groined, ignored, ledgier, leering, livened, livener.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-r-v"
 

+2 letters: overpedalling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.