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Alidade

/ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/

A sighting device used for measuring angles.

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A sighting device used for measuring angles.

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Word	Definition
telescopic	Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
sightnoun	(in the singular) The ability to see.
graphometernoun	A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles.
photoalidadenoun	A surveying instrument used to plot lines and measure directions between terrestrial features from photographs
station staffnoun	An instrument for taking angles in surveying.
angle levelnoun	(tool) A tool for measuring levels and angles; combining a spirit level and an angle finder.
theodolitenoun	A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
transitnoun	The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
demicirclenoun	A semicircle.
protractornoun	A circular or semicircular tool for drawing or measuring angles.
semicirclenoun	A half of a circle.
altazimuthnoun	A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation.
nonantnoun	(geometry) One ninth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 40°.
altometernoun	A theodolite.
quadrantnoun	(mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
equatorialnoun	(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
alt-azimuthnoun	Alternative form of altazimuth. [A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation.]
octantnoun	(geometry) The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant.
y levelnoun	A surveyor's instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in a Y-shaped support.
trigonometernoun	An instrument for solving plane right-angled figures by inspection.