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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumferentor
1.
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.
2.
A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumferentor
CIRCUMFERENTOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
circumferentor
circumferentor
English
Noun
circumferentor (plural circumferentors)
- (surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.