Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of sighting device used for measuring angles.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsurveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
nounsurveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
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Origin
- Arabicالعِضَادَة
- Spanishalidada
- Frenchalidade
- Englishalidade
From French alidade, from Spanish alidada, from Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda), perhaps from عَضُد (ʕaḍud, “upper arm”).
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German Alhidade
- Alhidademeasuring apparatus
Greek κλισιόμετρο
- κλισιόμετρο (klisiómetro)measuring apparatus
Indonesian alidad
- alidadmeasuring apparatus
Persian عضاده, راستایاب
- عضاده ('ezâde)measuring apparatus
- راستایاب (râstâyâb)measuring apparatus
Polish alidada
- alidadameasuring apparatus
Portuguese alidade, alidada
- alidademeasuring apparatus
- alidadameasuring apparatus
Russian алида́да
- алида́да (alidáda)measuring apparatus
Slovak alidáda
- alidádameasuring apparatus
Cite this entry
alidade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alidade
“alidade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alidade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alidade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alidade.
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