alidade

noun

surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles

surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments

Roots

al-idadaalidade- · Arabic · the revolving radius, ruler

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The word alidade breaks down into one root of Arabic origin: the root alidade, from Arabic al-idada (“the revolving radius, ruler”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.