leveling
noun1
The process of making something level.
- In the meantime, the Castilian of northern and central Spain, while retaining most of the traits of the pre-Columbian period, underwent changes and levelings, some of which were shared by the South and hence by America.1981, D. Lincoln Canfield, Spanish Pronunciation in the Americas:
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Archaeology, Geography, History, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Sciences, Surveying The process of measuring levels to establish heights and altitudes.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of paradigm leveling, the replacement of irregular forms by regular forms.
- Derived terms
- antileveling, automatic leveling system, leveling effect, leveling seat, leveling staff, paradigm leveling, wear leveling