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Webster 1913 Edition
Clinometer
Cli-nom′e-ter
,Noun.
[Gr.
κλίνειν
to incline + -meter
.] (Geol.)
An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
Dana.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clinometer
CLINOMETER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
clinometer
clinometer
English
Alternative forms
- clinometre (nonstandard)
Noun
clinometer (plural clinometers)
- An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
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Translations
measuring apparatus
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