"alidads" 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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