sea level

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Noun

sea level (countable and uncountable, plural sea levels)

1. The nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured.

Synonyms

• mean sea level, MSL

Derived terms

• fasl
• masl

Translations

nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured

• Afrikaans: seevlak
• Armenian: ծովի մակարդակ (covi makardak)
• Catalan: nivell del mar m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海平面 (zh) (hǎipíngmiàn), 海水平 (hǎishuǐpíng), 海面 (zh) (hǎimiàn)

• Dutch: zeeniveau (nl) n, zeespiegel (nl) m
• Esperanto: marnivelo
• Finnish: merenpinnan taso (fi), merenpinta (fi)
• French: niveau de la mer (fr) m
• Galician: nivel do mar m
• Georgian: ზღვის დონე (zɣvis done)
• German: Meeresspiegel (de) m
• Greek: στάθμη θάλασσας (el) f (státhmi thálassas)
• Hawaiian: ʻilikai
• Hungarian: tengerszint (hu)
• Icelandic: sjávarmál n
• Irish: leibhéal na farraige m, leibhéal na mara m
• Italian: livello del mare m
• Japanese: 海面 (ja) (かいめん, kaimen), 海水面 (かいすいめん, kai suimen)
• Korean: 해발 (haebal)
• Latvian: jūras līmenis m
• Malay: paras laut
• Maori: pae moana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: havnivå n, sjønivå n

  Nynorsk: havnivå n, sjønivå n

• Polish: poziom morza (pl) m
• Portuguese: nível do mar m
• Romanian: nivelul mării (ro) n
• Russian: у́ровень мо́ря m (úrovenʹ mórja)
• Scottish Gaelic: àirde-mara f
• Spanish: nivel del mar m
• Swedish: havsnivå c
• Tagalog: pantay-dagat
• Welsh: lefel y môr f