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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

수평기

Pronunciation / Transliteration: su-pyeong-gi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Leveler/ˈlɛv.ə.lər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"작업자는 정확한 측정을 위해 수평기를 사용했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or tool used for making a surface flat, smooth, or horizontal.

    "The construction crew used a concrete leveler to ensure the floor was completely even."
  2. 2

    A force, event, or factor that reduces inequalities or puts people on an equal footing.

    "A severe thunderstorm can be a great leveler, knocking out power for the rich and poor alike."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'level' (itself stemming from Old French 'leveler', from Latin 'libella', a diminutive of 'libra', meaning balance or weight scale). The agent suffix '-er' was added in Middle English to designate a person, device, or force that makes things flat, even, or socially equal.

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