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Leveling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The art or practice of finding a horizontal line, or of ascertaining the different elevations of objects on the surface of the earth; in other words, the difference in the distance of objects from the center of the earth.

Leveling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Making level or even.

2. Reducing to an equality of condition.

Leveling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or operation of making level.

2. 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.

Leveling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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