单词 | gyro-theodolite |
释义 | > as lemmasgyro-theodolite gyro-theodolite n. a type of theodolite incorporating a gyroscope as an aid to orientation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > for measuring angles theodolite?a1560 topographical instrument?a1560 plain table1607 circumferentor1610 diopter1613 plane table1670 circumferencera1687 graphometer1696 semicircle1701 transit theodolite1824 dioptric1849 planchette1858 theodolite-goniometer1909 gyro-theodolite1950 1950 Colliery Engin. Nov. 453/1 The gyro-theodolite or meridian transferer consists of a gyroscope seated in a sphere which is soldered up and floats in a fluid. 1961 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. July 81/1 Since 1947, the Mine-Surveying Institute, Mining-University, Clausthal, West Germany, has been busy developing sub-surface orientation instruments, and, during the three years from '56 to '59 experimented with, and perfected, the gyrotheodolite. 1981 J. B. Adams in J. H. Mulvey Nature of Matter vii. 152 The gyrotheodolite took its bearing from the earth's rotational axis and was used to set the direction of the laser beams. < as lemmas |
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