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Inclinometer

Definitions: Inclinometer

Inclinometer

Noun

1. An instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon.

2. A measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane).

3. An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Inclinometer

DomainDefinitions

Geography

To check a level as compared with a horizontal plane, or to measure surface inclination. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

For measuring the rolling of the ship. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. An instrument for measuring the inclination or slope, as of the ground, Syn:clinometer b. Any of various instruments for measuring the departure of a drill hole from the vertical; a driftmeter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Inclinometer

Synonyms: clinometer (n), dip circle (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Inclinometer

English words defined with "inclinometer": inclination compass. (references)
Specialty definitions using "inclinometer": electrical resistance inclinometerphotomagnetic borehole surveyingTro-Pari survey instrument. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Inclinometer

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Expression: Inclinometer

Expression using "inclinometer": lateral inclinometer. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Inclinometer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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113

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15

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4

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3

bicycle inclinometer

2

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2

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2
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Modern Translations: Inclinometer

Language Translations for "inclinometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pjerrësi matës. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏المميلة مقياس الميل. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

инклиномер. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

磁倾仪. (various references)

   

Czech

  

inklinometr. (various references)

   

Danish

  

inklinometer, inclinometer (clinometer), kraengningsmaaler (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), klinometer (clinometer, clinometer graduated to read tangents, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), haeldningsmaaler (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

inclinometer, slingermeter, pelorus (clinometer, pelorus), klinometer (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), hellingsmeter (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), hellingmeter (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), clinometer (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

luotisuora (plumb line direction, taut line inclinometer, taut line inclinometre, taut-wire angle indicator, taut-wire inclinometer, taut-wire inclinometre, vertical), lankaklinometri (taut line inclinometer, taut line inclinometre, taut-wire angle indicator, taut-wire inclinometer, taut-wire inclinometre). (various references)

   

French

  

inclinomètre. (various references)

   

German

  

Inklinometer, Steigungsmesser (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), Neigungswinkelmesser (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), Neigungsmesser (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), Kraenungsmesser, Klinometer (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλισιόμετρο (alidate, clinometer), κλισίμετρο (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), κλινόμετρο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dõlésmérõ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

inclinometro, corona di rilevamento (clinometer), clisimetro (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경사계. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cleayn-veih (clinometer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inclinometeray

   

Portuguese

  

inclinómetro, propenso a, eclímetro (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), clisímetro (clinometer, clinometer graduated to read tangents, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), clinómetro (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, miners'level with tubular bubble, tilt meter). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

креномер. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

inklinometar. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

inclinometro, inclinómetro, limbo de marcación (clinometer), clinometro (clinometer, grademeter, inclinometre, tilt meter), clinómetro. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lutningsmätare (declinator, declinometer). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

meyil ölçeği, eğim ölçeği. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

уклономір (declinometer), кутомір (alidad, alidade). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Inclinometer

Derivations

Words beginning with "inclinometer": inclinometers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Inclinometer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-r-t"

-2 letters: clinometer.

-3 letters: centriole, contemner, crinoline, enrolment, inclement, increment, interline, mentioner, nonmetric, reliction.

-4 letters: comelier, cretonne, election, electron, elicitor, erection, eremitic, ilmenite, incenter, incliner, intercom, lenition, limnetic, limonene, limonite, liniment, melinite, meteoric, mirliton, neotenic, neoteric, nicotine, nitrolic, noncrime, nonelect, nonelite, reincite, timelier, timeline.

-5 letters: centile, centime, centimo, centner, cineole, cinerin, citrine, clement, cointer, coniine, contemn, coterie, crinite, eirenic, elector, electro, eloiner, emeriti, eminent, enteric, enteron, enticer, inciter, incline, incomer, interim, interne, intoner, lectern, lection, lenient, leonine, licente, limiter, linemen, lintier, meiotic, mention, miltier, mincier, mintier, mortice, motlier, neritic, nicotin, niterie, nitinol, nitrile, nominee, noritic, noticer, oneiric, onetime, recline, reticle, retinol, telomic, tenoner, termini, ternion, tiercel, tinnier, tonemic.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-r-t"
 

+1 letter: inclinometers.

 

+4 letters: triboluminescent.

 

+5 letters: triboluminescence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Inclinometer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 63 6C 69 6E 6F 6D 65 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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