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Definition of plane table - 3 dictionary results

plane table

–noun Surveying.
a drawing board mounted on a tripod, used in the field, with an alidade, for surveying tracts of land.


Origin:
1600–10

plane-ta⋅ble

[pleyn-tey-buhl]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -bled, -bling.
to survey with a plane table.

Origin:
1870–75
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plane table  
n.  A portable surveying instrument consisting essentially of a drawing board and a ruler mounted on a tripod and used to sight and map topographical details.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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