alidade


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alidade /ˈalɪdeɪd/
noun a sighting device or pointer for determining directions or measuring angles, used in surveying.
– origin ME: via Fr. and Sp. from Arab. al-‘iḍāda ‘the revolving radius’.
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