theodolite

/thee-od-l-ahyt/US // θiˈɒd lˌaɪt //UK // (θɪˈɒdəˌlaɪt) //

经纬仪,经纬度,纬度仪,经度仪

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Surveying. a precision instrument having a telescopic sight for establishing horizontal and sometimes vertical angles.Compare transit.
- : phototheodolite.

He made application at head-quarters for a theodolite to make a triangulation of the distance, but was refused its use.
Here he found the gale very troublesome, his theodolite being nearly blown over several times.
This is dead reckoning, as the theodolite legs have been out of action for some time, splinted together to form tent-props.
Webb set up the theodolite while Hurley and I paced out a half-mile base-line to find out the intervening distance.
On December 21 the load on the sledge was stripped down to tent, dip-circle, theodolite, cooker and a little food.