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Alidade
For Alidade we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology and Cartographic.
Alidade (Anthromorphemics) 
An optical surveying instrument used in conjunction with a plane-table and stadia-rod to produce detailed large-scale topographic maps.
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Alidade (Anthropology)
An optical surveying instrument used in conjunction with a plane-table and stadia-rod to produce detailed large-scale topographic maps.
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Alidade (Cartographic)
Instrument, or part of an instrument , for determining direction , either horizontal or vertical . In its simplest form, a peepsight or telescope mounted on a straightedge and used for plotting directions graphically. In such instruments as transits and theodolites, the alidade is the part containing the telescope and its attachments.
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