trimetrogon

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noun

A single assembly of three cameras at differing angles, used for aerial photographic surveys.

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Meanings

nountrimetrogon (plural trimetrogons)

plural trimetrogons

  1. A single assembly of three cameras at differing angles, used for aerial photographic surveys.
  2. An image produced by this means.

    [H]igh-quality trimetragon photography was acquired for much of Antarctica, permitting detailed and accurate mapping[.]

    1993, Malcolm Mellor, chapter 1, in Notes on Antarctic Aviation, US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, page 8

Origin

From tri- + metrogon.

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APA

trimetrogon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimetrogon

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“trimetrogon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimetrogon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trimetrogon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimetrogon.

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