Noun
- 1. alidade, alidad, surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
- usage: surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
- 2. alidade, alidad, surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
- usage: surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
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