"alidad" in the noun sense

1. alidade, alidad

surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments

2. alidade, alidad

surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles

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