OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15671

theodolite

/θiːˈɒdəlaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
teodolito
A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
I drew outlines (according to my usual custom) of all the hills on the horizon before us, and took angles on them with the theodolite.
The height of those mountains was from five to seven thousand feet above our level, by angular measurement with a theodolite.
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