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circumferentor
[ ser-kuhm-fuh-ren-ter ]
noun
Surveying.
- an alidade equipped with a compass and two diametrically opposed vertical arms with slits for sighting through.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of circumferentor1
1600–10; < Latin circumferent ( ia ) circumference + -or 2
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An improvement which was no doubt introduced at a very early day is the measuring wheel or circumferentor.
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The ravines are deep, and the sides of the hills are covered with the same stone, of which a pile was erected on the summit of the head to mark the spot where the circumferentor was placed.
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