Level

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Level has more than one meaning.

• A noun meaning "degree" or "extent" (particularly of competence or skill):
  • In computer and video games, particularly role-playing games:
    • a "level" is a stage of the game, see Level (computer and video games)
    • "levels" represent skill and experience; see experience point
    • "leveling" is the process of gaining levels, a common activity in MMORPGs
  • In language education, see Interagency Language Roundtable scale
  • Sound pressure level is a measure related to Decibels
• A noun meaning "cross-section of a structure":
  • A floor or storey of a building
  • In computer and video games, a level (computer and video games) is a part of the virtual world
  • In mining, "levels" are horizontal passageways through the mine which generally follow the lode or provide transit facilities through the mine (cf. shaft); a level with access to the outside world is an adit
• An adjective meaning "horizontal" or "flat":
  • In construction and surveying, the Spirit level, Dumpy level and laser line level are tools to measure and obtain a level surface and/or to measure elevation (cf. plumb line)
  • In politics, to bring/force all members of society to the same social status and wealth. See redistribution, Diggers (True Levellers) and Levellers
• In music, a level (music) is similar to but more general and basic than a chord
• As a name:
  • LeveL is a games magazine in Turkey and the Czech Republic

See also

• Levels (youth center), a youth center housed in the basement of the main branch of the Great Neck Library
• Somerset Levels, a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, England

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