亚洲网紅露点

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alidade

[ al-i-deyd ]

noun

Surveying.
  1. (in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
  2. the entire upper part of a theodolite or transit, including the telescope, its supports, the level vials, the circle-reading device, and the spindle.


alidade

/ 藞忙l瑟藢d忙d; 藞忙l瑟藢de瑟d /

noun

  1. a surveying instrument used in plane-tabling for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and taking angular measurements
  2. the upper rotatable part of a theodolite, including the telescope and its attachments
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alidade1

1400鈥50; variant of alhidade < Medieval Latin alhidada < Arabic 补濒-士颈岣嵞乨补丑 the turning radius (like a clock hand) of a circle; replacing late Middle English allydatha (< Old Spanish alhidada )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alidade1

C15: from French, from Medieval Latin allidada, from Arabic 补濒-&#虫27;颈诲腻诲补 the revolving radius of a circle
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Mr. Dalton showed the couple around the lookout, explaining the old telephone system and the fire finder, a type of alidade used by fire lookouts.

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The complete instrument would also have had a rotating pointer, called an alidade, mounted on a pin running through the central hole.

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One morning when Ishmael was eight years old a pair of surveyors had showed up with their transits and alidades and knotted red flagging everywhere.

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An additional article of the sketcher's equipment is a holder for his pencils, alidade, eraser, knife, pins, etc.

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Problem.鈥擝y use of the slope scale on the sketch board and the contour interval scale on the alidade, each man will secure vertical data on the flat sketch made in the fourth lesson.

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