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Trigonometer

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trigonometricsnountrigonometry
graphometernounA surveyor's instrument for measuring angles.
trignoun(now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
alidadenoun(cartography, astronomy, surveying) A type of sighting device used for measuring angles.
semicirclenounA half of a circle.
pantometernounAn instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
transitnounThe conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
protractornounA circular or semicircular tool for drawing or measuring angles.
planimeternounAn integrating device used to measure the area of an irregular figure via tracing its outline.
trisectrixnounA type of curve that is useful for trisecting the angle.
theodolitenounA surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
trig pointnounAny fixed structure that marks a measuring point used in triangulation.
station staffnounAn instrument for taking angles in surveying.
carpenter's squarenounA tool used to measure out right angles.
recipianglenoun(historical) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
universal instrumentnoun(astronomy) A kind of altitude and azimuth instrument. The object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of the horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so that the eye has convenient access to both at the same time.
tropometernounAn instrument to measure torsion or rotation.
chorographnounAn instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
circumferentornoun(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
disectornounA device that counts objects in three dimensions (two orthogonal planes)

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