Meanings
nounphotoclinometer (plural photoclinometers)
plural photoclinometers
- Any of several directional surveying instruments which record photographically the direction and magnitude of well deviations from the vertical.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishclinometer
- Englishphotoclinometer
From photo- + clinometer.
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APA
photoclinometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoclinometer
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“photoclinometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoclinometer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoclinometer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoclinometer.
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