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bilevel en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English bilevel From bi- + level.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having two levels.
    • We developed a bilevel approach to the problem.

Forms

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bi-level alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

two-level

bilevel en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English bilevel From bi- + level.

Meanings

  1. A house with two adjacent levels that are less than a story apart.
    • They live in a little bilevel on the edge of town.
  2. A binary image, one that has only two possible values for each pixel (usually black and white).
  3. A women's hairstyle similar to the mullet.
    • MULLET / Now this is what we call “business in the front, party in the back”! A male haircut derived from the 1980s female-oriented bi-level […] 2005, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom, page 326:

Forms

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bilevels Number=Plur lexicographic
bi-level alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

split-level