niwelacja

See also: niwelacją

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From niwelować +‎ -cja.[1] First attested in 1823.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲi.vɛˈla.t͡sja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sja
  • Syllabification: ni‧we‧la‧cja

Noun

niwelacja f

  1. (construction) leveling (process of leveling the surface of the ground)
  2. (surveying, archaeology) leveling (process of measuring levels to establish heights and altitude)
  3. (literary) leveling (act of getting rid of something useless)
  4. (literary) leveling (act of getting rid of differences, i.e. cultural differences)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • niwelacyjny
verbs

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “niwelacja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Johann Christoph Adelung (1823) Słownik niemiecko-polski = Deutsch-polnisches Wörterbuch (in Polish), page 27

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