plumb line in English

noun
1
a line with a plumb attached to it, used for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.
We did scramble out on one permanent pond with a view to testing the depth with a plumb line which was probably quite dangerous but you don't think of that at that age.
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1. And the plumb line* of desolation.

2. So I said: “A plumb line.”

3. To see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. "

4. Jehovah then said: “Here I am putting a plumb line among my people Israel.

5. Dig holes with speed and plumb-line accuracy using a Bobcat® Auger attachment

6. *+ For they will rejoice and see the plumb line* in the hand of Ze·rubʹba·bel.

7. Only at the North and South Poles does the plumb line align with the local radius.

8. The change in plumb-line angle against a known object—such as a star—could be carefully measured on opposite sides of the mountain.

9. It was necessary for him to determine the zenith distances with respect to the plumb line for a set of stars at the precise time that each passed due south.

10. However, based on abnormalities in plumb line deflection by the Andes in Peru, Pierre Bouguer had deduced that less-dense mountains must have a downward projection into the denser layer underneath.