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Word: Alidade
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: directly or (in modern use) via French and Spanish from Arabic al-‘iḍāda ‘the revolving radius’, probably based on aḍud ‘upper arm’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈalɪdeɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sighting device or pointer for determining directions or measuring angles, used in surveying and (formerly) astronomy.
Short Definition:sighting device or pointer for determining directions or measuring angles
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