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low-lev⋅el

[loh-lev-uhl]
–adjective
1. undertaken by or composed of members having a low status: a low-level discussion.
2. having low status: low-level personnel.
3. undertaken at or from a low altitude: low-level bombing.
4. Linguistics. occurring or operating at the phonetic level of linguistic representation or analysis: low-level rules governing assimilation.

Origin:
1880–85
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low-lev·el   (lō'lěv'əl)
adj.  
  1. Relating to or being of low rank or importance: a low-level job.

  2. Situated in or occurring at a low level: low-level radiation.

  3. Computer Science Of or relating to a computer language, such as an assembly language, in which each instruction corresponds to an instruction in machine language or allows instructions to address specific memory locations or other architectural elements.

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