单词 | plane-tabler |
释义 | plane-tablern. Surveying. A surveyor who uses a plane table. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor > using specific instruments leveller1834 scaler1840 transit man1857 plane-tabler1878 tape-man1900 1878 Times 30 Nov. 10/5 There are sure to be opportunities..for the plane tabler to get off the route and reach some tolerably elevated point from which to secure his topography. 1888 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 92 190 When a triangulation exists of the country to be mapped, the plane-tabler makes immediate use of these established points. 1926 Geogr. Jrnl. 67 409 This control is then plotted on plane-tables and given to the plane-tablers, who are organized in groups, each with its superintendent. 1965 Textbk. Topogr. Surveying (Min. of Defence) (ed. 4) xi. 205 The trigonometrical framework will have been surveyed... The plane tabler then proceeds to break down from this framework using methods similar to those employed by the triangulator. 1982 Geogr. Jrnl. 148 309 A 10-man trigonometrical party moved south and east from Blágnípa, on the western edge of the icecap, followed by a topographical party of plane-tablers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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