mislevel

mislevel verb: to fail to move to the exact level of the intended floor.

Verb

mislevel (third-person singular simple present mislevels, present participle (US) misleveling or (UK) mislevelling, simple past and past participle (US) misleveled or (UK) mislevelled)

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.1950, Maryland Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, page 255
- Although Mr. Cheffer did not testify, Dr . Moise testified she observed elevator 2 mislevel at about the time of the accident, at least she was 60 percent sure it was elevator 2, and Mr. Anders testified he saw elevator 2 mislevel at least 25 to 30 times during the two years before the accident.1997, Washington (State). Court of Appeals, Washington Appellate Reports - Volume 89, page 173
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".1981, Raymond Earl Davis, Francis S. Foote, James Anderson, Surveying Theory and Practice, page 842
- A shortcoming of some designs is the requirement for near level orientation of the case. The launcher, however, may be grossly misleveled.1982, IEEE PLANS, page 247
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.1673, Thomas Jackson, The Works of the Reverend and Larned Divine, Thomas Jackson, D.D., page 1027
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.1978, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation, Case Studies in Science Education, page 1-104
- This high foolery, this massive mislevelling of God could end up being […]2006, B. Kojo Laing, Big Bishop Roko and the Altar Gangsters: A Novel, page 306

Noun

mislevel (countable and uncountable, plural mislevels)

The act of misleveling or state of being out of level.
- On-site radar calibration generally removes a major portion of all hardware-oriented errors such as droop, mislevel, non-orthogonality, etc.1970, Chreston Furman Martin, J. R. Vetter, Error Sensitivity Function Catalog, page 16
- This error is dependent upon the direction of rotation or mislevel of the dihedral edge of the prism with respect to the theodolite line of sight.1974, Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports, page 84

Examples of mislevel in a sentence

Heaving of the shale has caused warping and cracking of the concrete floors, block walls, misalignment of doors, mislevelling of furnitures and equipment and, in one case, personal injury.1988, Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, page 335:
[…] negligent for rollerblading in the dark knowing that the sidewalk was uneven due to misleveling of slabs in several different areas.2002, The National Jury Verdict Review and Analysis - Volume 17, page 31:
A bias in accelerometer output causes the platform to be mislevelled.2012, Christopher Jekeli, Inertial Navigation Systems with Geodetic Applications, page 160:
There is automatic compensation to correct vertical angles for mislevel.1981, Raymond Earl Davis, Francis S. Foote, James Anderson, Surveying Theory and Practice, page 499:

Forms of mislevel

Verb
third-person singular present	mislevels
present participle US	misleveling
present participle UK	mislevelling
past participle US	misleveled
past US	misleveled
past participle UK	mislevelled
past UK	mislevelled
Noun
plural	mislevels

Origin of mislevel

From mis- + level.

Questions about mislevel

What does mislevel mean?: Mislevel means to fail to move to the exact level of the intended floor.
How do you use mislevel in a sentence?: Heaving of the shale has caused warping and cracking of the concrete floors, block walls, misalignment of doors, mislevelling of furnitures and equipment and, in one case, personal injury.
What part of speech is mislevel?: Mislevel can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mislevel?: The past tense of mislevel is misleveled.

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