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alidade
(al -ă-dayd) See astrolabe.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
alidade
[′al·ə‚dād] (engineering)
An instrument for topographic surveying and mapping by the plane-table method.
Any sighting device employed for angular measurement.
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alidade
The part of a surveying instrument which consists of a sighting device, with index, and reading or recording accessories.
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