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water level

DEFINITIONS OF: water level

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n the level of the surface of a body of water

Types:
sea level
level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth
Type of:
elevation
distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

n underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water

Synonyms:
groundwater level, water table
Type of:
formation, geological formation
(geology) the geological features of the earth

n a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship

Synonyms:
water line, waterline
Types:
Plimsoll, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, load line
waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
Type of:
line
a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

n a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube

Type of:
water gage, water gauge, water glass
gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
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