geodimeter
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈdɪmɪtə/Surveying
noun
A trademark for: an instrument for measuring large distances precisely, in which the travel time and change in phase of a modulated light beam emitted by the instrument (typically by a laser) and returned by a reflector placed at a distant point is used to measure the distance to that point.
Origin
1950s. From the initial letters of geodetic distance meter.
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