bilevel

English

Alternative forms

• bi-level

Etymology

From bi- +‎ level.

Adjective

bilevel (not comparable)

1. Having two levels

   Synonym: two-level

   We developed a bilevel approach to the problem.

Noun

bilevel (plural bilevels)

1. (architecture) A house with two adjacent levels that are less than a story apart.

   Synonym: split-level

   They live in a little bilevel on the edge of town.

2. (computer graphics) 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.
   • 2005, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom, page 326:

     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 […]

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