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leveling (root: level)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun leveling has 3 senses
- leveling(n = noun.act) grading - changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface; Array is a kind of building, construction
- leveling(n = noun.act) demolishing, razing, tearing down - complete destruction of a building; Array is a kind of destruction, devastation
- leveling(n = noun.act) equalisation, equalization - the act of making equal or uniform; Array is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: balancing, reconciliation, equating, equation
CIDE DICTIONARY
leveling, n. [Written also levelling.].
- The act or operation of making level. [1913 Webster]
- The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad. [1913 Webster]
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