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level
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level: see spirit level spirit level, tool for determining whether a surface is horizontal. It consists essentially of a slightly bent transparent tube that is held in a frame. The tube contains some alcohol, ether, or similar fluid but is not entirely filled, so that it also contains a
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level

Device for establishing a horizontal plane. It consists of a small, sealed glass tube containing liquid and an air bubble; the tube is fixed horizontally in a block or frame with a smooth lower surface. When the bubble is in the middle of the glass tube, the device is on a level surface; adjustment to the horizontal is indicated by movement of the bubble. The glass tube is slightly bowed, and the level's sensitivity is proportional to the radius of curvature.



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In other words, the consumption side should experience a leveling up rather than a leveling down of the tax base.
Laura Ingalls Wilder by Bousquin, Marilyn / The Horn Book Magazine
Insofar as the Rabin-Arafat accord leads to a general peace and Israeli economic partnership with the Arab, the Israelis will be surprised to discover a leveling down of Diaspora aid as American and other Diaspora Jews belatedly turn inward to develop their own public institutions.
The end of Zionism; the renewal of Diaspora Judaism by Cantor, Norman F. / Commonweal
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