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Meaning of leveller

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

leveller

adjective

Definitions

  1. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

    Example: This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?

  2. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.

    Example: We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.

  3. Unvaried in frequency.

    Example: His pulse has been level for 12 hours.

  4. Unvaried in volume.

    Example: His voice has been unchanged. It has been level for 12 hours.

noun

Definitions

  1. A person or thing that levels.

    Example: A soil leveller is used to prepare the field before sowing.

  2. (especially) Something that transcends people’s differences (such as social class, wealth, etc.); something that tends to eliminate advantages and disadvantages.

  3. A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have nots.

  4. An equaliser.