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Spirit level   /spˈɪrət lˈɛvəl/   Listen
Spirit level

noun
1.
Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid.  Synonym: level.






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"Spirit level" Quotes from Famous Books



... factories had sold to Roumania her cannon. On each gun was a delicate sight with a spirit level—a little glass tube supposed to be filled with a liquid which would not freeze. Slyly the Germans had filled these tubes with water, intending, in case Roumania entered the war on their side, to warn them about ...
— The World War and What was Behind It - The Story of the Map of Europe • Louis P. Benezet

... Harry to his chum. "There's something about the spirit level on this transit of mine that ...
— The Young Engineers in Colorado • H. Irving Hancock

... Daniel story. What an acted out illustration it is of Paul's words. It is a picture glowing with the action of real life. It is a double picture. Every prayer action is in doubles; a lower human level; an upper spirit level. Many see only the seen, and lose heart. While we look at the things that are seen, let us gaze intently at the things unseen; for the seen things are secondary, but the unseen are chief, and the action of life ...
— Quiet Talks on Prayer • S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon



Words linked to "Spirit level" :   surveyor's level, indicator, level, mason's level, carpenter's level



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