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水準測量 (すいじゅんそくりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水すい準じゅん測そく量りょう

す

い

じゅ

ん

そ

く

りょ

う

Meanings

1

leveling; levelling

Technical term in surveying and civil engineering for measuring height differences between points.

建けん設せつ現げん場ばでは、水すい準

じゅん

測そく

量りょう

に

よっ

て

地じ

盤ばん

の

高たか

さ

を

正せい

確かく

に

測はか

り

ます

。

At construction sites, leveling is used to accurately measure the height of the ground.

水すい準じゅん測そく量りょうの結けっ果か、この地ち点てんの標ひょう高こうは50メートルと判はん明めいした。

As a result of leveling, the elevation of this point was found to be 50 meters.

Kanji

水water
準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to
測fathom, plan, scheme
量quantity, measure, weight

Related words

測そく量りょう
測量 is the general term for surveying, while 水準測量 specifically refers to leveling (height measurement).
水すい準じゅん器き
水準器 is a level (instrument), whereas 水準測量 is the act or process of leveling.

Built from

水すい準じゅん+測そく量りょう

Etymology

Compound of 水準 (water level, standard) and 測量 (surveying, measurement).