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Definitions: Alidade |
AlidadeNoun1. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments. 2. Surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | That part of an optical measuring instrument comprising the optical system, indicator, vernier, etc.In modern practice the term is used principally to refer to a telescope mounted over a compass or compass repeater to facilitate observation of bearings, and to a surveying instrument consisting of a telescope mounted over a compass rose, for measuring directions. (references) |
Geography | A surveying instrument consisting essentially of a straight-edge rule with two vertical sights whose alignment is parallel with its edge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. In mine surveying, a movable arm used to read horizontal angular distances b. A device having a level bubble combined with a quarter or a half circle graduated in degrees that is used by drillers to determine the inclination of a drill stem and/or borehole at the collar of the borehole. Also called angle level; angle rule; clinometer; clinometer rule c. An instrument used in planetable surveying, consisting of a telescope or sighting device pivoted to swing through a vertical graduated arc atop a vertical stand attached to a steel rule, one edge of which is parallel with the sight line of the telescope d. Sometimes incorrectly used as a syn. for transit; theodolite e. A rule equipped with simple or telescopic sights, used for determining the directions of objects, specif., a part of a surveying instrument consisting of a telescope or other sighting device, with index and reading or recording accessories f. A surveying instrument used with a planetable for mapping; e.g.,peep-sight alidade and telescopic alidade. (references) |
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Synonym: AlidadeSynonym: alidad (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alidade |
| English words defined with "alidade": Demicircle ♦ Fiducial edge ♦ Hadley's quadrant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alidade": Beaman stadia arc ♦ explorer's alidade ♦ gale alidade ♦ height of instrument ♦ Stebinger drum, SURVEYOR ASSISTANT, INSTRUMENTS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "alidade": theodolite. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alidade" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (alidade). |
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 | Paul Smith at alidade Off of SURVEYOR.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plane table setup in shoal water - legs driven about 6" into sand Note rodman slogging ashore in line with alidade Combined operations party of H. A. Paton.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Francis X. Popper taking sight with alidade Plane table work on the Sacramento River Delta.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plane table alidade Plate IV, Fig. No. 10, Appendix No. 8, Report of Superintendent ... 1894, p. 276.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plate IX, Figure 4 -- alidade for use with plane table mapping. In: Papers on various subjects connected with the survey of the coast of the United States" by Ferdinand Hassler. Communicated March 3, 1820. Published in United States" by Ferdinand Hassler. Communicated March 3, 1820. Published in 232-420. Library Call Number QB281.2 .H28 1825.Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ||
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alidade | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "alidade"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aparat për të matur kënd (alidad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | визирна линийка, алиада (alidad), помощно рамо на теодолит, помощно рамо на микроскоп. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | alidade (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), alhidad (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), indikator (elevation scale, index, indicator, indicators, sight-bar, sight-rule, visual signal), diopter (aiming device, elevation scale, sight-bar, sighting device, sight-rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alhidade (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), alhidaad (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), vizierliniaal (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), vizierlineaal (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alhidadi (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), diopteriviivoitin (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), diopteriviivain (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alidade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alhidade (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), Zeigerarm (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), Visierlineal (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), Kippregel (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), Diopterlineal (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γνώμων,γωνιόμετρον,αναγωγεύς (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule), αλιδάδα (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alhidádé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alidada (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alidadeay alidade (elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) алидада (alidad, label). (various references) alhidada (alidad). (various references) alidada (alidad, elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) alhidad (alidad, elevation scale, sight-bar, sight-rule). (various references) alidat, mastara. (various references) кутомір (alidad, inclinometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "alidade": alidades. (additional references) | |
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"Alidade" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adipadi, Alcidae, algidae, Alivardi, aludad, Alysardi, Apidae, Olapade, Rallidae. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-i-l" | |
-1 letter: alidad, daedal, dialed, laddie. | |
-2 letters: addle, aided, ailed, dedal, ideal, idled, laded. | |
-3 letters: aide, alae, dada, dale, dead, deal, deil, deli, dial, died, diel, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lead, lied. | |
-4 letters: aal, add, aid, ail, ala, ale, dad, dal, del, did, die, eld, lad, lea, led, lei, lid, lie. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, ai. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-e-i-l" | |
+1 letter: alidades. | |
+2 letters: adenoidal, lapidated, palisaded, validated. | |
+3 letters: acidulated, dilapidate, landladies, paradiddle, railroaded, taradiddle, vandalised, vandalized. | |
+4 letters: adrenalized, deglaciated, delaminated, desalinated, dilapidated, dilapidates, discardable, endocardial, invalidated, paradiddles, radicalised, radicalized, revalidated, scandalised, scandalized, taradiddles, tarradiddle. | |
+5 letters: daydreamlike, desacralized, diagonalized, radiolabeled, tarradiddles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 69 64 61 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .. -.. .- -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101001 01100100 01100001 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l i d a d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0069 0064 0061 0064 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35787570677071 |
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