SEA-LEVEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea-level mean? 

• SEA-LEVEL (adjective)
  The adjective SEA-LEVEL has 1 sense:

1. lying below the normal level

  Familiarity information: SEA-LEVEL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA-LEVEL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lying below the normal level

Synonyms:

low-lying; sea-level

Context example:

a low-lying desert

Similar:

lowland (of relatively low or level country)

 Context examples 

In fact, the ice sheet has a long history of expanding and shrinking — a finding that indicates the ice sheet may contribute substantially to global sea-level rise as Earth's climate warms.

(Massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet has history of instability, National Science Foundatio)

Oxygen that is administered at a higher pressure compared to standard (i.e. sea-level) atmospheric pressure.

(Hyperbaric oxygen, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequently, around 17,000 to 13,000 years ago, after the Last Glacial Maximum, the reef suffered another two substantial death events, this time caused by rapid sea-level rise as the ice sheets melted.

(Major study reveals Great Barrier Reef’s 30,000-year fight for survival, University of Granada)

I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The final death event, which occurred approximately 10,000 years ago — before the emergence of the modern reef, was not clearly linked to any abrupt sea-level rise or post-glacial meltwater pulse.

(Major study reveals Great Barrier Reef’s 30,000-year fight for survival, University of Granada)