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PRONUNCIATION OF LEVELLING ROD

levelling rod  [ˈlevəlɪŋ rɒd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEVELLING ROD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Levelling rod is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEVELLING ROD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

levelling rod

Level staff

A level staff, also called levelling rod, is a graduated wooden or aluminum rod, the use of which permits the determination of differences in elevation.

Definition of levelling rod in the English dictionary

The definition of levelling rod in the dictionary is a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEVELLING ROD


Axelrod
ˈæksəlrɒd
brod
brɒd
dambrod
ˈdæmˌbrɒd
downtrod
ˌdaʊnˈtrɒd
emerod
ˈɛməˌrɒd
goldenrod
ˌɡəʊldənˈrɒd
Nemrod
ˈnɛmrɒd
Nimrod
ˈnɪmrɒd
prod
prɒd
pushrod
ˈpʊʃˌrɒd
ramrod
ˈræmˌrɒd
rod
rɒd
schrod
ʃrɒd
scrod
skrɒd
sprod
sprɒd
tie-rod
ˈtaɪˌrɒd
trod
trɒd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEVELLING ROD

level
level crossing
level descriptor
level of attainment
level pegging
level playing field
level staff
level-headed
level-headedly
level-headedness
leveler
levelled
leveller
Levellers
levelling
levelling screw
levelling staff
levelly
levelness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEVELLING ROD

Aaron´s rod
con rod
connecting rod
control rod
curtain rod
divining rod
dowsing rod
fishing rod
fly rod
fuel rod
hot rod
king rod
lightning rod
measuring rod
piston rod
ranging rod
tie rod
track rod
trout rod
welding rod

Synonyms and antonyms of levelling rod in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «levelling rod» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEVELLING ROD

Find out the translation of levelling rod to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of levelling rod from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «levelling rod» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

练级杆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

varilla de nivelación
570 millions of speakers

English

levelling rod
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समतल रॉड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التسوية قضيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выравнивание стержень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nivelamento vara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমতলকরণ রড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tige de mise à niveau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rod meratakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nivellierlatte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

標尺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수평 막대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rod leveling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thanh san lấp mặt bằng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமன்செய்யும் கம்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेव्हलिंग रॉड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tesviye çubuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asta di livellamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łata niwelacyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вирівнювання стрижень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lata de nivelare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισοπέδωση ράβδο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nivellering stok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utjämning stång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nivellerstav
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of levelling rod

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEVELLING ROD»

The term «levelling rod» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.558 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEVELLING ROD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about levelling rod

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEVELLING ROD»

Discover the use of levelling rod in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to levelling rod and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Routledge German Dictionary of Construction Worterbuch ...
... BAUMASCHIN surveyors level; Nivellierinstrument nt ARCH a TRAGW, BAUMASCHIN leveling instrument (AmE), levelling instrument (BrE); Nivellierkreuz nt три a ENTW leveling rod (AmE), levelling rod (BrE); Nivellierlatte f BAUMASCHIN, ...
Hans Junge Dieter, 2013
2
Surveying Instruments
___ __fl;______ _ x/,/,'//, /,= xx. ,/// /,-// /le__{//;-' 'T Figure 131 Determination of bubble sensitivity with the aid of telescope and levelling rod The large changes of the bubble length for precision levels can be explained by the larger volume of ...
Fritz Deumlich, 1982
3
Procedures for Quantitative Ecological Assessments in ...
This is most conveniently done by placing the tripod or hand level position at a midpoint on the beach and then observing the levelling rod starting just before the predicted time of the lowest point, to determine the height of the instrument ...
J. J. Gonor, P. F. Kemp, 1978
4
Dictionary Of Civil Engineering
levelling rod sible but researchers of British Coal found how to do it in 1970. An insulated cable from the surface, installed along the underground roadway that needs communications, carries oscillations (a radio carrier wave) which can be ...
John S. Scott, 1992
5
Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small ...
SEEENLARGEMENT LEVELLING ROD THE ROD READING IS 5–8 AWHOLE FOOT NUMBER CANNOT BE SEEN SO ASMALL NUMBER, USUALLY BETWEEN THE 3AND4AND THE 6AND7 INCH MARK, INDICATES THE NUMBER OF ...
Tom Stephenson, 2011
6
Lawns and Gardens
The levelling rod is simply a square stake, about ten feet high, divided into feet, each foot being subdivided into tenths and hundreds. The main divisions are painted red and white alternately. While the levelling is being done, the rodman is ...
Nils Jonsson-Rose, 2009
7
Kahmen/faig:surveying Geb
The magnification can be approximately determined with the aid of a levelling rod set up at some distance. It is viewed with one eye through the telescope and with the other one looking straight ahead to determine how many directly seen ...
Heribert Kahmen, Wolfgang Faig, 1988
8
A Treatise on the Application of Marine Surveying & ...
Thirdly, a tripod, or, what answers the same purpose, a small peg of wood driven a few inches into the ground, on which to rest the levelling rod, should invariably be used where the soil is soft ; and, fourthly, the distance at which the rod is ...
David Stevenson, 1842
9
Surveying
The instruments required are a level and a graduated levelling rod. The level may be a dumpy level, tilting level, automatic level or digital level (listed in order of advancement). The essential condition in levelling operation is the line of sight  ...
S. K. Duggal, 2013
10
Records of General Science
Measure the horizontal distance with great care between the centre of the circle and the levelling rod. These afford data for computing trigonometrically the value of the divisions of the scale of the level. 5. To investigate formulae for this ...
Robert Dundas Thomson, Thomas Thomson, 1836

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEVELLING ROD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term levelling rod is used in the context of the following news items.
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Retro: What the new Retail Quarter may erase...
... placed to form a 'bench' for a levelling rod, thus ensuring that a levelling rod could be accurately repositioned in the same place in the future. «The Star, Jun 15»
2
Two ladies stuck in the...
The women had rented a 12 metre trailer lift to work on their building and managed to bend the mechanical platform levelling rod which tilted ... «Vertikal.net, Aug 13»
3
Safety bulletin updated
The levelling rod is most exposed when at low level in travel mode; it would be unlikely that this incident would occur when at height and with ... «Vertikal.net, Mar 13»
4
MECHANICAL FAILURE ON LORRY MOUNTED CHERRYPICKER
He was standing in the basket and as it elevated a levelling rod, designed to maintain the basket horizontal at all times, fractured causing the ... «Construction Health and Safety News, Dec 11»
5
Setting investment benchmarks
... surveyors made in stone structures and into which they inserted a bracket that held a levelling rod, or bench. The benchmark ensured that the ... «Independent Online, May 11»

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