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Definition of Range finder
1. Noun. A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object.
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Definition of Range finder
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of rangefinder) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Range Finder
Literary usage of Range finder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"... or range finder. By EA REEVES, FRAS This instrument consists of an ordinary
inverting telescope mounted on a glide, much like the bed-plate of a lathe, ..."
2. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, Thomas Lee Johnson, United States Naval Academy (1915)
"The Care of the Range-Finder. The instrument should not be continually shipped and
... The waterproof cover should never be placed in the range-finder box. ..."
3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"Some time ago, I designed a range finder for lookout stations to be constructed
entirely of metal. ... Therefore I have devised another range finder, which, ..."
4. Topographical Surveying: Including Geographic, Exploratory, and Military by Herbert Michael Wilson (1900)
"The third method of using the range-finder is by employing it to measure distances
along the route traversed when the latter is especially irregular or ..."
5. Military Topography for the Mobile Forces: Including Map Reading, Surveying by Clarence Osborne Sherrill (1912)
"126 PR, figure 125, has a movable cover shown in figure 124. When PQ (stamped R
on the range finder) is open, a right angle is formed; ..."
6. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"Surveying with Range-finder.—The range-finder can be most successfully used in
three ways. First, in geographic or topographic surveying, while occupying a ..."
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