true level
an imaginary surface everywhere perpendicular to the plumb line, or line of gravity.
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How to use true level in a sentence
Get the holes ready, judging as well as possible what will give a true level and a convenient position.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonUnder pressure it is difficult to ascertain such things; one's true level may be higher or lower.
The Firing Line | Robert W. ChambersIt was perhaps due to Corneille's influence as much as to anything else that his genius at last discovered its true level.
Of course land values will eventually find their true level, whatever law of rating may be in force.
Our First Half-Century | Government of QueenslandThings will come to their true level presently, but not afore the auld stock o' farmers are crushed past rising again.
The Shepherd's Calendar | James Hogg
British Dictionary definitions for true level
a hypothetical surface that is perpendicular at every point to the plumb line, such as the mean sea level or geoid: a still liquid surface is at true level
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