sublevel

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noun

An intermediate level between others in a mine

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Meanings

nounsublevel (plural sublevels)

plural sublevels

  1. An intermediate level between others in a mine
  2. An underground level of a building.
    1 more example

    When they completed their sweep of the fourth sublevel, they had to exit the office and walk across the parking garage to catch a different elevator to the rest of the building. Sublevels three through one were all parking lots, giving the appearance to those above that there was nothing further below.

    2020, Andre Gonzalez, Followed East
  3. natural sciencesA subshell
  4. video gamesA level making up part of a larger level.
adjectivesublevel (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsHaving a lesser constant value than a related level set

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishlevel
  5. Englishsublevel

From sub- + level.

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Cite this entry
APA

sublevel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublevel

MLA

“sublevel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublevel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublevel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublevel.

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