downlevel

English

Etymology

down- +‎ level

Adjective

downlevel (not comparable)

1. (marketing) Having lesser capabilities or a lower version number.
   • 2012, David A. Aaker, Building Strong Brands:

     The downlevel Gillette Good News subbrand works in part because the rest of the razor line is positioned (and thus elevated) by the Gillette Sensor.

2. To, from, or at a lower level.
   • 1975, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin - Volume 18, Issue 2:

     Provision is made for causing the switching threshold to vary directly with changes in downlevel voltage, whereby the line is recharged independent of variations in downlevel line voltage.

   • 2002, Matthew Woodring Stover, Traitor, page 171:

     Ever deeper, ever darker, farther and farther below even the memory of light— Jacen staggered out from a downlevel stairwell onto some forgotten catwalk, gasping.

Antonyms

• uplevel

Adverb

downlevel (not comparable)

1. To, from, or at a lower level.
   • 2005, Linnea Sinclair, An Accidental Goddess:

     Gillie had gone downlevel to check on Izaak, brought back a short holovid of the child playing a tune he'd written for the parrots.

   • 2008, Michael Reaves, Jedi Twilight, page 129:

     Relatively young for his species—only about four hundred standard years, Jax had heard—the big gastropod had nevertheless managed to carve out a profitable niche downlevel.

   • 2010, Steve Stanton, Reconciliation:

     He strode purposely to the conduit, stepped inside, and willed himself downlevel.

Verb

downlevel (third-person singular simple present downlevels, present participle (US) downleveling or downlevelling, simple past and past participle (US) downleveled or downlevelled)

1. To go to a lower level.
   • 1985, John S. Rigden, Physics and the sound of music, page 278:

     This downleveling of the low-intensity signals is done electronically but in the process the noise is downleveled an equal amount, as shown in Figure 14.136.

   • 2005, Linnea Sinclair, Gabriel's Ghost:

     We downleveled and hit 28-Green.

   • 2011, Thomas Pechmann, Christopher Habel, Multidisciplinary Approaches to Language Production, page 127:

     The minus “-” indicates that the high tone is downleveled in a sequence of high tones.

Noun

downlevel (plural downlevels)

1. A lower level.
   • 1975, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin - Volume 18, Issue 2, page 459:

     T3 must have a width-to-length ratio to achieve a downlevel very quickly.

   • 1991, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Space Cops: Mindblast, page 235:

     Then, considering what we had been thinking about storage areas in the downlevels— "

   • 2005, Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith, page 396:

     This deep in Coruscant's downlevels, the sun never shone; the only illumination came from antiquated glow globes, their faded light yellow as ancient parchment, that only darkened the shadows around.

Anagrams

• level down