Meaning | An instrument used by surveyors. |
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Synonym | surveying instrument |
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Parts | sights | An optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument |
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Narrower | alidade, alidad | surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles |
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alidade, alidad | surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments |
clinometer, inclinometer | An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation |
plane table | surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod |
range pole, ranging pole, flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide |
surveyor's level | surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis |
theodolite, transit | A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
Broader | instrument | A device that requires skill for proper use |
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