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Definition: Spirit Level |
Spirit LevelNoun1. Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | It consists essentially of a sealed glass tube with spirit, leaving a small air bubble; as long as the tube is truly horizontal, the bubble will lie exactly between reference marks in th e middle. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Spirit levels feature a slightly curved glass tube which is incompletely filled with a liquid, leaving a bubble in the tube.
The name "spirit level" has its origin in the use of spirits (eg. wine) in the glass tube.
The crudest form of the spirit level is a circular flat-bottomed device with the liquid under a slightly convex glass face which indicates the center clearly.
Its invention is credited to either Jean de Mechisedech Thevenot or Robert Hooke[1]. Those attributing the invention to Jean de Thevenot date it in the range of 1662[1] to 1666[1].
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spirit level."
Synonym: Spirit LevelSynonym: level (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Horizontality | Level, spirit level. |
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Crosswords: Spirit Level |
| English words defined with "spirit level": Abney level, Air level ♦ Box level ♦ carpenter's level ♦ Dumpy level ♦ Gunner's quadrant ♦ surveyor's level. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spirit level": BED SETTER, boring-machine operator ♦ CHIMNEY SUPERVISOR, BRICK, CONTOUR GRINDER ♦ HORIZONTAL-EARTH-BORING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ MILKING-SYSTEM INSTALLER ♦ peg adjustment, posting plumb, profile grinder ♦ stone banker, STONECUTTER, MACHINE, straightedge levelin, striding level, SUPERVISOR, CHIMNEY CONSTRUCTION, SURFACE-PLATE FINISHER, surfacer operator, surfacing-machine operator ♦ tank builder, TANK SETTER, TOP POLISHER, tunneling-machine operator. (references) |
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Consumer Goods | |
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Expression using "spirit level": a spirit level. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spirit level | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "spirit level"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nivel me flluskë, nivel alkooli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شاقول ميزان تسوية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спиртен нивелир, терзия (splinter-bar, swingle-tree, water level, whiffletree, whippletree), либела (level, water level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vodováha (level, water level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vaeskestandroer (gauge, gauge glass, level control, level indicator, water gauge, water level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | waterpeilglas (gauge, gauge glass, level control, level indicator, water gauge, water level), peilglas (gauge, gauge glass, level control, level indicator, water gauge, water level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vesivaaka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tube de niveau, niveau d'eau, niveau bulle (spirit-level), indicateur de niveau d'eau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wasserwaage (level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλφάδι (level, plummet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פלס מים (water level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vízszintező (level, spirit-level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | livella a bolla d'aria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | levyl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iritspay evellay nivelã cu bulã de aer. (various references) ватерпас (level, plumb line, spirit-level, water level). (various references) raspoloženje (humor, humour, lightheartedness, mood, spirit, temper). (various references) nivel de aire. (various references) vattenpass (level). (various references) su terazisi (level, plumb rule, water gage, water gauge), tesviye ruhu (plumb rule, plummet), düzeç (air level, level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-l-l-p-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: liveliest. | |
-3 letters: epistler, evillest, levities, livelier, liveries, peltries, perlites, prelives, priviest, reptiles, stillier, verities. | |
-4 letters: ellipse, epistle, evilest, eviller, illites, leister, leviers, lievest, liviers, pelites, pellets, pelters, perlite, pestier, petrels, pieties, pitiers, presell, previse, privets, privies, relives, replies, reptile, respell, respelt, respite, resplit, restive, retells, retiles, reviles, revisit, rillets, servile, sillier, siltier, speller. | |
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