alidade
1. surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments • Syn: alidad • Hypernyms: surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument • Part Holonyms: theodolite, transit 2. surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles • Syn: alidad • Hypernyms: surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
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