spirit level
Definitions
Cars & Driving
- noun a tool for testing if a surface is level (or vertical) using a glass tube containing an air bubble
Construction
- A device used to set an instrument to true horizontal or true vertical, consisting of a glass tube nearly filled with liquid so a traveling air bubble is formed. Cheap levels are bent concave; better levels are ground internally to an overall concave shape.
Real Estate
- noun a tool used for checking the horizontal or vertical alignment of something, typically with a tube containing liquid with a bubble in it, the position of the bubble being the indicator of alignment
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