dumpy levels

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Definition of dumpy levels in English English dictionary
dumpy level: Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day
dumpy level: Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert
dumpy level: A surveyor's instrument having a short telescope fixed rigidly to a horizontally rotating table
dumpy level: The telescope is usually an inverting one
dumpy level: A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane
dumpy level: Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt
dumpy level: Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror
dumpy level: 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
dumpy level: a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level Insensible; unfeeling

dumpy levels

Hyphenation

dum·py levels

dʌmpi levılz

/ˈdəmpē ˈlevəlz/ /ˈdʌmpiː ˈlɛvəlz/

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