circumferentor

Noun

Meaning

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

transit theodolite measuring instrument surveyor's instrument geodetic compass surveying compass surveying instrument land measurement tool land surveying instrument surveying equipment surveyor's compass angle measuring instrument angle measuring tool geodetic instrument land surveying tool
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Related terms

semicircumferentor

Close letter words and terms

circumferential circumferential-direction circumferentially circumfetishism circumfetishist circumfilum