trimetrogon

[trahy-me-truh-gon]

adjective

of or relating to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.

Origin of trimetrogon

1940–45; tri- + Greek métro(n) measure + -gon

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British Dictionary definitions for trimetrogon

trimetrogon

noun

1. a method of aerial photography for rapid topographic mapping, in which one vertical and two oblique photographs are taken simultaneously
2. (as modifier)trimetrogon photography

Word Origin for trimetrogon

from tri- + metro-, from Greek metron measure + -gon

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