Theodolite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An optical instrument consisting of a small mounted telescope rotatable in horizontal and vertical planes, used to measure angles in surveying, meteorology, and navigation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A surveying-instrument for measuring horizontal angles upon a graduated circle.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surveyor's instrument    surveying instrument   
    Cross Reference
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    Hyponym
    tacheometer    tachymeter   
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