range finder

A form of rangefinder — Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument used to measure the distance to an object

Meanings

nounrange finder (plural range finders)

plural range finders

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rangefinder.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object

Broader
measuring instrumentmeasuring systemmeasuring device
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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