Definitionn. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles
Last update: June 18, 2015
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The civil engineer is using a theodolite to measure the road. [Please select]
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Trans., 1802, p. 378), were independently discovered, and, by means of the telescope of a theodolite, between which and a distant slit admitting the light a prism was interposed, were for the first time carefully observed by Fraunhofer, and have on that account been designated "Fraunhofer's lines." [Please select]
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Then, as if anxious to change the conversation, she began to ask rapid questions about the theodolite and its uses. [Please select]
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Her cousin, the knight of the theodolite, set his instrument upright upon the grass, and then ran the measuring line out to its full length. [Please select]
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"My theodolite, cameras, chains, levels, telescopes, retorts, and no end of scientific traps." [Please select]
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"You shall carry that, Miss Denny, and I'll shoulder the theodolite."' [Please select]
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The theodolite, paper umbrella, and admiring crowd of children trotted severally and collectively over the grass till they reached the chimney again. [Please select]
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It is a trifling affair to ascertain the height of any building with a theodolite, as you probably know. [Please select]
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