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Definition of Circumferentor |
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Circumferentor
A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint. A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle. Related Definitions: And, Angles, Are, At, Ball, Bar, Brass, By, Circle, Compass, For, Graduated, Horizontal, Instrument, It, Joint, Measuring, Narrow, Needle, Of, On, Over, Sighting, Socket, Supported, Surveying, Surveyor, Taking, The, Tire, To, Tripod, Wheel, Which, Whose, With |
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