Associations to the word «Theodolite»

Wiktionary

THEODOLITE, noun. A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.

Dictionary definition

THEODOLITE, noun. A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope