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Meaning of DUMPY LEVEL

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
 
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 See Also: surveyor's level

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dump"y lev"el\ (Surv.)
A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly
fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a
horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one.
It is sometimes called the {Troughton level}, from the name
of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is
known as the {Gavatt level}.
 
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