Synonyms for level line

Grammar : Noun

Définition of level line

As in contour line : noun map line showing height

Example sentences :

Also, the level line on which any work stands, as the foot of a pillar.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Level line mark for cannon, as point-blank, equal to 800 yards.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

It dipped, and it rose, and then it darted on a level line toward the south.
Extract from : « The Guns of Europe » by Joseph A. Altsheler

A pale, level line of it cut across the scarp of the Big Hill.
Extract from : « Birthright » by T.S. Stribling

XXXV., 145 and we must fill up the intervals between the semicircle so as to obtain a level line of support.
Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) » by John Ruskin

From where we stood it was twelve miles across to the opposite walls—a level line of mesa on the Utah side.
Extract from : « Our Italy » by Charles Dudley Warner

There were fourteen miles of level line, the remainder being inclined planes, where horses did the most work.
Extract from : « America, Volume IV (of 6) » by Joel Cook

North of us was a plain of unbroken snow, extending to a level line on the horizon, where it met the dark violet sky.
Extract from : « Northern Travel » by Bayard Taylor

Beginning from his bench-mark at the foot of the mountain, Blake carried the level line slantingly up the ridge side.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

It then runs with more moderate gradients and about a mile and a half of level line to Totness.
Extract from : « The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer » by Isambard Brunel

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