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noun Surveying.
a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
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Also called level.
Origin of spirit level
First recorded in 1760–70
Words nearby spirit level
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British Dictionary definitions for spirit level
spirit level
noun
a device for setting horizontal surfaces, consisting of an accurate block of material in which a sealed slightly curved tube partially filled with liquid is set so that the air bubble rests between two marks on the tube when the block is horizontal
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