Associations to the word «Alidade»

Wiktionary

ALIDADE, noun. (cartography) (astronomy) (surveying) A sighting device used for measuring angles.

Dictionary definition

ALIDADE, noun. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
ALIDADE, noun. Surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King