circumferentor
[ ser-kuhm-fuh-ren-ter ]
nounSurveying.
an alidade equipped with a compass and two diametrically opposed vertical arms with slits for sighting through.
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How to use circumferentor in a sentence
An improvement which was no doubt introduced at a very early day is the measuring wheel or circumferentor.
The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] | John Phin
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