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Surveyor's Level

Definition: Surveyor's Level

Surveyor's Level

Noun

1. 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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Specialty Definition: Surveyor's Level

DomainDefinition

Mining

A leveling instrument consisting of a telescope (with cross hairs) and a spirit level mounted on a tripod, revolving on a vertical axis, and having leveling screws that are used to adjust the instrument to the horizontal. (references)

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Crosswords: Surveyor's Level

English words defined with "surveyor's level": Dumpy level. (references)
Specialty definitions using "surveyor's level": boring-machine operatorHORIZONTAL-EARTH-BORING-MACHINE OPERATORleveling instrument, leveling rod, levelmantunneling-machine operator. (references)

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Modern Translation: Surveyor's Level

Language Translations for "surveyor's level"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

水準儀 (leveling instrument), 測量機械 (surveying instrument). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すいじゅ"ぎ (leveling instrument), そくりょうきかい (surveying instrument). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urveyor'ssay evellay

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Anagrams: Surveyor's Level

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-e-e-e-l-l-o-r-r-s-s-u-v-v-y"

-5 letters: yourselves.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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