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Showing words for ALIDADE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Alidade

alidade

6 Letter Words for Alidade

adalid, aldeia, aldide, alidad, daidle, dialed, laddie, laided

5 Letter Words for Alidade

addle, adead, aided, ailed, aldea, dalai, dalea, daled, dedal, didal, didle, eliad, ideal, idled, laded

4 Letter Words for Alidade

adad, adda, aide, aiel, aile, alae, alai, alia, daal, dada, dade, dail, dale, dali, dead, deal, deda, deia, deid, deil, deli, dial, died, diel, eadi, edda, eila, eild, iaea, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lead, leda, lied

3 Letter Words for Alidade

aal, add, ade, aia, aid, ail, ala, ald, ale, dad, dae, dal, dea, ded, dei, del, dia, did, die, dil, dle, ead, edd, ela, eld, eli, iaa, ida, ide, ile, laa, lad, lai, lea, led, lei, lid, lie

Definitions for Alidade

[1] (in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
[2] the entire upper part of a theodolite or transit, including the telescope, its supports, the level vials, the circle-reading device, and the spindle.
[3] a surveying instrument used in plane-tabling for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and taking angular measurements
[4] the upper rotatable part of a theodolite, including the telescope and its attachments

Words nearby Alidade

alice's fern, alice-in-wonderland, alicia, alick, alicyclic, alidade, alien, alien and sedition acts, alienable, alienage, alienate

Origin of Alidade

1400–50; variant of alhidade < Medieval Latin alhidada < Arabic al-ʿiḍādah the turning radius (like a clock hand) of a circle; replacing late Middle English allydatha (< Old Spanish alhidada )

Word origin for Alidade

C15: from French, from Medieval Latin allidada, from Arabic al-'idāda the revolving radius of a circle