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Disector

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dipsectornounAn instrument for observing the dip of the horizon.
trigonometernounAn instrument for solving plane right-angled figures by inspection.
orientatornounAn instrument for orientating.
quadrisectornoun(geometry) A line or curve that quadrisects something.
graduatornounOne who graduates (determines or indicates graduation).
sectantnoun(non-native speakers' English) A sectarian.
duocylindernoun(geometry) A geometric object embedded in 4-dimensional Euclidean space, defined as the Cartesian product of two disks, and analogous to a cylinder in 3-space.
demicirclenounA semicircle.
declinatornounAn instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
dipleidoscopenoun(astronomy) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's centre is on the meridian.
transitnounThe conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
optigraphnounA telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.
stereoplanigraphnounAn instrument for producing maps in conjunction with data gathered from a stereocomparator.
stereographynounStereoscopic photography, and the production of stereographs (images that convey depth)
circumferentornoun(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
alidadenoun(cartography, astronomy, surveying) A type of sighting device used for measuring angles.
octantnoun(geometry) The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant.
dip sectornounAn instrument used for measuring the dip of the horizon.
opisometernounA device for measuring the length of curved lines, such as on a map.
halfspacenoun(geometry) Either of the two parts of a three-dimensional object cut by a two-dimensional plane

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