alidade

English

A firefighting alidade

Alternative forms

• alhidade, alhidad, alidad (all obsolete)

Etymology

From French alidade, from Spanish alidada, from Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda), perhaps from عَضُد (ʕaḍud, “upper arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/

Noun

alidade (plural alidades)

1. (cartography, astronomy, surveying) A sighting device used for measuring angles.

Synonyms

• turning board, diopter (obsolete)

Translations

measuring apparatus

• German: Alhidade
• Greek: κλισιόμετρο n (klisiómetro)
• Kurdish:
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• Persian: عضاده (fa) (ezāde), راستایاب (fa) (rāstāyāb)
• Portuguese: alidade (pt) f, alidada (pt) f
• Russian: алида́да (ru) f (alidáda)

Further reading

• alidade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

alidade f

1. plural of alidada

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alidada

Noun

alidade f (plural alidades)

1. (cartography, astronomy, surveying) alidade (sighting device used for measuring angles)