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circumferentor

American

[ser-kuhm-fuh-ren-ter] / sərˈkʌm fəˌrɛn tər /

noun

Surveying.

an alidade equipped with a compass and two diametrically opposed vertical arms with slits for sighting through.

Etymology

Origin of circumferentor

1600–10; < Latin circumferent ( ia ) circumference + -or ²

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An improvement which was no doubt introduced at a very early day is the measuring wheel or circumferentor.

From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by John Phin

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