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leveling: see surveying surveying, method of determining accurately points and lines of direction (bearings) on the earth's surface and preparing from them maps or plans. Boundaries, areas, elevations, construction lines, and geographical or artificial features are determined by the ..... Click the link for more information. . leveling [′lev·ə·liŋ] (engineering) Adjusting any device, such as a launcher, gun mount, or sighting equipment, so that all horizontal or vertical angles will be measured in the true horizontal and vertical planes. (industrial engineering) A method of performance rating which seeks to rate the principal factors that cause the speed of motions rather than speed itself; it considers that the level at which the operator works is influenced by effort and skill. (metallurgy) Flattening rolled sheet by evening out irregularities, using a roller or tensile straining. (mining engineering) Measurement of rises and falls, heights, and contour lines. Also known as gallery. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Returning to my old profession--to the army--is out of the question, in these leveling days, when any obscure person who can pass an examination may call himself my brother officer, and may one day, perhaps, command me as my superior in rank. Quickly she snatched it from its hiding-place, and, leveling it full at the lioness's face, pulled the trigger. They were moving over this region as if they had been borne on the breath of some storm, watching heights defile under their feet, piercing the cavities with their eyes, going down into the rifts, climbing the ramparts, sounding these mysterious holes, and leveling all cracks. |
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