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Alidade

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Arab.), the movable index of a graduated arc, used in the measurement of angles. The word is used also to designate the supporting frame or arms carrying the microscopes or verniers of a graduated circle.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alidade'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/alidade.html. 1910.
 
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