| 释义 |
leveling
noun
or levelling
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of level (II)
1. : the action of one that levels
2. : a change in the spelling or pronunciation of a word or word form or element to conform with that of a different although often related one : obliteration of a phonetic or linguistic distinction
< Middle English sang (singular) and sungen (plural) have both become sang by leveling in modern English >
< leveling of riding and writing is frequent in American speech >
3. : the finding of a horizontal line, the ascertaining of differences of elevation between points on the earth's surface, or the establishing of grades (as for a railway roadbed) by use of a surveyor's level
4. : the establishment of a standard time for a job or a piecework operation by time-study computations based on the actual performance of workers in order to fix incentive pay rates or appraise workers' efficiency
5. : the formation of a smooth film free of brush marks — used of paints |