Associations to the word «Rangefinder»

Wiktionary

RANGEFINDER, noun. Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument that is used to measure the distance to an object
RANGEFINDER, noun. (photography) Abbreviation of rangefinder camera.

Dictionary definition

RANGEFINDER, noun. A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats