Definition of Spirit level

1. Noun. Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid.

Exact synonyms: Level
Group relationships: Carpenter's Level, Surveyor's Level
Generic synonyms: Indicator
Specialized synonyms: Mason's Level
Derivative terms: Level, Level, Level

Definition of Spirit level

1. Noun. A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirit Level

spirillar
spirillar dysentery
spirillicidal
spirillosis
spirillum
spirillum fever
spirillums
spiring
spirit
spirit away
spirit bear
spirit duplicator
spirit gum
spirit lamp
spirit lamps
spirit level (current term)
spirit levels
spirit of nitre
spirit of salt
spirit of the law
spirit of turpentine
spirit of wine
spirit off
spirit rapper
spirit rapping
spirit stove
spirit thermometer
spirit up
spirit world
spiritally

Literary usage of Spirit level

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"Radius of Curvature and Sensitivity of a spirit level THEORY OP THE EXPERIMENT. — In many measurements in which a spirit level is used in connection with ..."

2. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"Radius of Curvature and Sensitivity of a spirit level THEORY OF THE EXPERIMENT. — In many measurements in which a spirit level is used in connection with ..."

3. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"Radius of Curvature and Sensitivity of a spirit level THEORY OF THE EXPERIMENT. — In many measurements in which a spirit level is used in connection with ..."

4. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett H. Brough (1889)
"The Spirit-level is the instrument commonly used. The spirit-level proper is a glass tube B 0, Fig. 55, hermetically sealed at both ends, partially filled ..."

5. Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough (1906)
"The Spirit-level is the instrument commonly used. The spirit-level proper is a glass tube B 0, Fig. 55, hermetically sealed at both ends, partially filled ..."

6. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"But the spirit level is the instrument more commonly employed for this purpose. This consists of a small bent cylindrical tube of glass, from two Fig. ..."

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