| 单词 | to make a level of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a level of 11. Surveying. †to make a level of: to ascertain the differences of elevation in (a piece of land). Obsolete. Also, to take a level = level v.1 5 (absol.). [Old French liveau occurs in this sense.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > survey [verb (intransitive)] > ascertain vertical contours to take a level1693 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > survey [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner level1598 chain1610 bone1712 dial1747 to make a level of1798 triangulate1833 traverse1838 plane-table1880 resect1888 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. xiii. 41 Every Level..must be taken with the Rule and Leveller, which every body knows is a Triangular Instrument with a Lead..hung to a small Cord, and that fix'd to the obtuse Angle. 1798 I. Allen Nat. & Polit. Hist. Vermont 4 In 1785 Captain Twist made a survey and level to ascertain the expence of a canal from the River St. Lawrence to Lake Champlain. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 454/2 Among the operations of levelling, which, within a few years, have been performed on an extensive scale, may be mentioned the series of levels taken across the lands between the Black and the Caspian seas. < as lemmas |
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