leveling rod

leveling rod
rod (def. 19).
[1900-05]

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  • leveling rod — noun Date: 1855 a graduated rod used in measuring the vertical distance between a point on the ground and the line of sight of a surveyor s level …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • leveling staff — leveling rod or leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used with a level to determine heights in surveying …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Leveling — Lev el*ing, n. [Written also levelling.] 1. The act or operation of making level. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leveling instrument — Leveling Lev el*ing, n. [Written also levelling.] 1. The act or operation of making level. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leveling staff — Leveling Lev el*ing, n. [Written also levelling.] 1. The act or operation of making level. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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