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Alidade Definition & Meaning

alidade
noun
  1. surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
  2. surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles

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What does alidade mean?
surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
What part of speech is alidade?
Alidade is a noun.
How many definitions does alidade have?
Alidade has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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