surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles 同义词:alidad,
surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments 同义词:alidad,
An alidade (archaic forms include alhidade, alhidad, alidad) or a turning board is a device that allows one to sight a distant object and use the line of sight to perform a task. This task can be, for example, to draw a line on a plane table in the direction of the object or to measure the angle to the object from some reference point.
例句与用法
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The test of dj6 theodolite eccentricity of alidade 6型经纬仪照准部偏心差的检验