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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
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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