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It is named so because of the shorter telescope it uses and also because in the original dumpy level the eye piece was an inverting lens such that it gave a shorter view for the same power of lens compared to wye level.

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It is an old builders nickname that has stuck, despite the evolution in design

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Q: Why is dumpy level known as dumpy level?
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