Associations to the word «Clinometer»

Wiktionary

CLINOMETER, noun. An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).

Dictionary definition

CLINOMETER, noun. An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats