SEA LEVEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea level mean? 

• SEA LEVEL (noun)
  The noun SEA LEVEL has 1 sense:

1. level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth

  Familiarity information: SEA LEVEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA LEVEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sea level" is a kind of...):

water level (the level of the surface of a body of water)

 Context examples 

Oxygen that is given at a pressure that is higher than the pressure of the atmosphere at sea level.

(Hyperbaric oxygen, NCI Dictionary)

The study lends support to climate model projections that show the rate of sea level rise escalating over time as the climate warms.

(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)

Without them, glacial ice enters the ocean faster and accelerates the pace of global sea level rise.

(Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Nearing Its Final Act, NASA)

Although the interactions between ice and ocean occurring hundreds of metres below the surface of ice shelves seem remote, they have a direct impact on long-term sea level.

(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

At 29,035 feet (8,848 m) in altitude, the air is only one-third as thick as the air at sea level.

(Everest, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These glaciers already contribute significantly to sea level rise, releasing almost as much ice into the ocean annually as the entire Greenland Ice Sheet.

(West Antarctic Glacier loss appears unstoppable, NASA)

The researchers' proposed scenarios include uplift of the terrain and changes in sea level, or perhaps both.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

Release of that land-ice, it was thought, could contribute more than 6 feet of sea level rise by the end of the century — enough to completely flood Boston and other coastal cities.

(Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to ice-sheet instability as much as predicted, National Science Foundation)

They found that Greenland's glaciers flowing into the ocean are grounded deeper below sea level than previously measured.

(The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland, NASA)

The research found that two of the species in the study, saltmarsh sparrows and clapper rails, are declining from increased coastal flooding caused by higher sea levels.

(Coastal birds can weather the storm, but not the sea, National Science Foundation)