Definition of Clinometer. Meaning of Clinometer. Synonyms of Clinometer

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Definition of Clinometer

Clinometer
Clinometer Cli*nom"e*ter, n. [Gr. kli`nein 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.

Meaning of Clinometer from wikipedia

- An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope, elevation, or depression of an object with respect to gravity's direction...
- a minimal amount of equipment, are the stick method and the tape and clinometer (tangent) method. To get accurate measurements with either method, care...
- comp**** and a clinometer. A comp**** is used to measure the feature's strike by holding the comp**** horizontally against the feature. A clinometer measures...
- whom?] that Niccolò Tartaglia's invention of the gunner's quadrant (see clinometer) in the 16th century introduced indirect fire guns because it enabled...
- Binnacle with iron correcting spheres at each side and clinometer below comp****...
- An Abney level and clinometer is an instrument used in surveying which consists of a fixed sighting tube, a movable spirit level that is connected to a...
- and provided a means of indirect laying in azimuth, complementing the clinometers for indirect laying in elevation which already existed. Despite conservative...
- them using leveling instruments such as theodolites, dumpy levels and clinometers. GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are also used...
- Clinometer for Vickers .303 machine gun...
- Rykneld recreation ground. Abney invented the "Abney level", a combined clinometer and spirit level, used by surveyors to measure slopes and angles. He was...