🔤 Alidad ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
zawiye napne ka aala, surveying ka aala, pemaishi patti, naqsha sazi ka auzaar
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ENGLISH
📚noun
alidad
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈælɪdæd/
Phonetic: /al ih dad/
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DEFINITION
a surveying instrument used for measuring angles, the pivoted arm of an astrolabe or similar device
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The surveyor adjusted the alidad carefully to measure the angle between two distant points.
Ancient astronomers used an alidad to determine the altitude of stars above the horizon.
The alidad consists of a rotating arm that moves across a graduated circular scale.
Students in the surveying course learned how to read measurements from an alidad.
The museum displayed a brass alidad from the medieval period alongside other navigational tools.
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SYNONYMS
index arm sighting rule
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