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Definition of Surveying instrument
1. Noun. An instrument used by surveyors.
Specialized synonyms: Alidad, Alidade, Alidad, Alidade, Clinometer, Inclinometer, Plane Table, Flagpole, Range Pole, Ranging Pole, Surveyor's Level, Theodolite, Transit
Generic synonyms: Instrument
Terms within: Sights
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surveying Instrument
Literary usage of Surveying instrument
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nieuw archief voor wiskunde by Stichting Mathematisch centrum, Wiskundig Genootschap (Netherlands), Wiskundig Genootschap (1907)
"... contains the method of constructing a surveying instrument of a peculiar form,
which has a level filled with water and two vertically suspended weights. ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1920)
"•GROMA': THE ANCIENT LAND-surveying instrument. By F. TANDY (FROM NOTES SUPPLIED
BY DR. MATTED DELLA CORTE). It was in the seventeenth century that erudite ..."
3. Surveying and Levelling Instruments: Theoretically and Practically Described by William Ford Robinson Stanley (1901)
"The great object desirable in the telescope, when used as a part of a surveying
instrument, is that it shall assist vision in obtaining the true direction, ..."
4. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1880)
"THE PEDOMETER AS A surveying instrument. BY PROFESSOR HP MUNROE. ENGINEERS and
surveyors are frequently called upon to make rough ..."
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