spirit level
noun
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.
spirit levels
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pluralof spirit level.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They have rising and sliding fronts, reversible finders, rack and pinion for focusing, spirit levels, in fact every useful convenience that can be put into a hand camera.
From Kodaks and Kodak Supplies 1914 by Canadian Kodak Company
He is least distasteful on 'Change—for the mercantile spirit levels all distinctions, as all are beauties in the dark.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
Then followed some careful adjusting of the instrument on its supports until two fine spirit levels showed that the compass of the instrument was exactly level.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
