单词 | teleometer |
释义 | teleometern. rare. An optical instrument for indirectly measuring the distance between an observer and an object. Cf. telemeter n.1 1.This name (or its equivalent in other languages; see etymology) was given to various independently invented instruments. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances teleometer1820 telemeter1849 diastimeter1851 telometer1860 stadiometer1862 apomecometer1869 teletopometer1885 stenometer1901 tellurometer1956 mekometer1961 1820 W. Gardiner tr. J. M. H. Wroński Addr. Brit. Board Longitude 104 (note) The Board have already seen the instruments, and some of their processes, especially the Marine-Teleometer [Fr. téléomètre marin], but have not, by any means, verified them. 1854 T. J. Thackeray Soldier's Man. Rifle Firing iv. 39 The Prismatic Micrometric Telescope or Teleometer of Monsieur Porro..may be used either as an ordinary telescope, or as a means of measuring the distance from the eye, of any object whose actual height is known. 1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. IV. 890/2 A topographical survey having been made..roughly and rapidly by the plane-table and teleometer. 1975 Southwestern Lore Dec. 23 All artifacts, flakes, and bones were mapped in situ with a Brunning Reducing Teleometer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820 |
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