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Noun [English]

IPA: /θiːˈɒdəlaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theodolite.wav Forms: theodolites [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin theodolitus (1571), perhaps containing Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”) and Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”); if so, doublet of alidade. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|theodolitus}} New Latin theodolitus, {{der|en|grc|θέᾱ|t=sight, view}} Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”), {{der|en|ar|عِضَادَة|العِضَادَة|astrolabe, alidade}} Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”), {{doublet|en|alidade|nocap=1}} doublet of alidade Head templates: {{en-noun}} theodolite (plural theodolites)
  1. A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles. Wikipedia link: theodolite Categories (topical): Surveying Derived forms: cinetheodolite, theodolitic, Y theodolite Related terms: total station, tribrach Translations (instrument): teodolit [masculine] (Albanian), teodolito [masculine] (Asturian), teodolit (Azerbaijani), teodolito (Basque), тэадалі́т (teadalít) [masculine] (Belarusian), теодоли́т (teodolít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), သီအိုဒိုလိုက် (siuiduiluik) (Burmese), teodolit [masculine] (Catalan), 經緯儀 (Chinese Mandarin), 经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí) (Chinese Mandarin), teodolit [masculine] (Czech), teodolit [common-gender] (Danish), theodoliet [masculine] (Dutch), teodolito (Esperanto), teodoliit (Estonian), teodolito (Farefare), teodoliitti (Finnish), théodolite [masculine] (French), Theodolit [masculine] (German), θεοδόλιχος (theodólichos) [masculine] (Greek), תֵּאוֹדוֹלִיט (theodolit) [masculine] (Hebrew), थियोडोलाइट (thiyoḍolāiṭ) (Hindi), थिओडोलाइट (thioḍolāiṭ) (Hindi), teodolit (Hungarian), szögmérő (Hungarian), teodolito (Ido), teodolit (Indonesian), teodailít [feminine] (Irish), teodolite [masculine] (Italian), セオドライト (seodoraito) (Japanese), 세오돌라이트 (se'odollaiteu) (Korean), 경위의 (gyeong'wiui) (alt: 經緯儀) (Korean), теодолит (teodolit) (Kyrgyz), teodolitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), теодолит (teodolit) [masculine] (Macedonian), uillin-towsheyder [masculine] (Manx), teodolitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teodolitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ଥିଓଡ଼ୋଲାଇଟ (thioṛolāiṭa) (Odia), آینه (ayna) (Ottoman Turkish), تئودولیت (te'odolit) (Persian), teodolit [masculine] (Polish), teodolito [masculine] (Portuguese), teodolit [neuter] (Romanian), теодоли́т (teodolít) [masculine] (Russian), teodail (Scottish Gaelic), теодо̀лӣт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), teodòlīt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), teodolit [masculine] (Slovak), teodolit [masculine] (Slovene), teodolito [masculine] (Spanish), teodolit [common-gender] (Swedish), தியோடலைட்டு (tiyōṭalaiṭṭu) (Tamil), teodolit (Turkish), теодолі́т (teodolít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), теодолит (teodolit) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), teodolit [Roman] (Uzbek), máy kinh vĩ (Vietnamese)
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          "text": "The height of those mountains was from five to seven thousand feet above our level, by angular measurement with a theodolite.",
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          "ref": "1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians), page 91:",
          "text": "It was a lieutenant and a couple of privates of the 8th Hussars, with a stand like a theodolite, which the artilleryman told me was a heliograph.",
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          "text": "Germany, of all countries, was most vitally concerned in it; but even a cave-dweller in La Fayette Square, seeking only a measure of motion since the Crusades, saw before his eyes, in the spring of 1903, a survey of future order or anarchy that would exhaust the power of his telescopes and defy the accuracy of his theodolites.",
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          "ref": "2018, John Uren, Bill Price, Surveying for Engineers, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 79:",
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      "roman": "tiyōṭalaiṭṭu",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "தியோடலைட்டு"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "teodolit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teodolít",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "теодолі́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "teodolit",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "теодолит"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "teodolit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "máy kinh vĩ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theodolite"
}

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