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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mathematical instrument for measuring inaccessible heights and objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument fordetermining thesize ordistance ofinaccessible objects by means of tworeflectors on acommon sextant .
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