clinometer
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Tree measurements are collected using such forestry tools as a low-tech Biltmore stick, a clinometer or, most accurate of all, a laser hypsometer.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2016
Measurement of geological features is done with a special compass that has a built-in clinometer, which is a device for measuring vertical angles.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
He used a clinometer, a device that allowed him to determine the height by triangulating, using the tree, his own position and the angle of the distance between them.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2013
At one point, one of them misplaces his clinometer, so Dori Murphy offers up her clinometer.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2011
I should have written to you some time ago, only I was determined to wait for the clinometer, and I am very glad to say I think it will answer admirably.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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