Definitions
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- noun A theodolite.
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- noun A
theodolite .
Etymologies
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Latin altus high + -meter.
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Examples
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The motor worked smoothly, the hand of the tachometer wavering around twelve hundred, and the altometer registering nine thousand feet, save when they dipped and lifted to the uneven currents over the mountains.
The Thunder Bird B. M. Bower 1905
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