DUMPY LEVEL
\dˈʌmpi lˈɛvə͡l], \dˈʌmpi lˈɛvəl], \d_ˈʌ_m_p_i l_ˈɛ_v_əl]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
By Princeton University
-
a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level.
By Oddity Software
-
A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level.
By Noah Webster.
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).