water level

Definition of water level in English English dictionary: The level of the water table below ground; The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line; The waterline of a ship; A kind of leveling instrument; See under Level, n; Elevation of still water level relative to some datum; Surface level of water; The level formed by the surface of still water; 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; a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube; is the water-surface elevation or stage of the free surface of a body of water above or below any datum (see "Gage height"), or the surface of water standing in a well, usually indicative of the position of the water table or other potentiometric surface; {i} water gauge to display level by showing the surface of water in a trough or in a U-shaped tube; height of the water, determination of the quantity of water in a given body of water; water line; the level of the surface of a body of water; a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube the level of the surface of a body of water; The elevation of a particular point or small patch on the surface of a body of water above a specific point or surface, averaged over a period of time sufficiently long to remove the effects of short period disturbances; underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water; "spring rains had raised the water table"
water level of the Kinneret: height to which the waters of the Sea of Galilee reach
water levels: plural form of water level
waterlevel: {i} water gauge to show the level by showing the surface of water in a trough or in a U-shaped tube; height of the water, determination of the quantity of water in a given body of water; water line

water level

Hyphenation

wa·ter lev·el

Turkish pronunciation

wôtır levıl

Pronunciation

/ˈwôtər ˈlevəl/ /ˈwɔːtɜr ˈlɛvəl/

Etymology

[ 'wo-t&r, 'wä- ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydOr, Latin unda wave.