teletopometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A surveyor's instrument with telescopes and a tripod, able to measure distances, altitudes, etc. of inaccessible points without either a traditional baseline or the use of trigonometry.

Word forms

teletopometer teletopometers

Etymology

tele- + topo- + -meter

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