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noun - surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
noun - surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
An indicator or a sighting apparatus on a plane table, used in angular measurement.
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| Angular measurement device used in surveying |
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| Nov 11 2010 L.A. Times Daily |
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| A sighting device or pointer for determining directions or measuring angles, used in surveying and (formerly) astronomy. |
| An indicator or a sighting apparatus on a plane table, used in angular measurement. |
| A topographic surveying and mapping instrument used for determining directions, consisting of a telescope and attached parts. |
| surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles |
| surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments |
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An alidade (archaic forms include alhidade, alhidad, alidad) or a turning board is a device that allows one to sight a distant object and use the line of sight to perform a task. This task can be, for example, to draw a line on a plane table in the direction of the object or to measure the angle to the object from some reference point. Angles measured can be horizontal, vertical or in any chosen plane. * The alidade was originally a part of many types of scientific and astronomical instrument. At one time, some alidades, particularly those used on graduated circles as on astrolabes, were also called diopters. With modern technology, the name is applied to complete instruments such as the plane table alidade. |