Mislevel
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of misleveling or state of being out of level. countable, uncountable
"On-site radar calibration generally removes a major portion of all hardware-oriented errors such as droop, mislevel, non-orthogonality, etc."
- 1 To fail to move to the exact level of the intended floor.
"Without Moynihan's opinion that the misleveling was caused by negligence, an inference that this elevator did not mislevel or experience other problems absent someone's negligence may be unjustified."
- 2 To introduce an angle on something so that is supposed to be perfectly flat.
"For instance , if γ₁ = γ₂ = 40° and a theodolite with a spirit level of a sensitivity of 30 " is misleveled by one division only ( i.e. ε_L = 30"), then the error of the measured angled ε_β = 36"."
- 3 To misdirect.
"The wisest oft miscarry in their projects; these men err in their very first attempts, their very intentions are misleveled, in that they think there is no direct way to grace but by declining helps of art or gifts of nature."
- 4 To assign the wrong level to
"Concept is good; the weaknesses come in when students are misleveled; when parents intervene; when classes are filled above or below so we can't re-level a student."
Example
More examples"Without Moynihan's opinion that the misleveling was caused by negligence, an inference that this elevator did not mislevel or experience other problems absent someone's negligence may be unjustified."
Etymology
From mis- + level.
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