The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clinometer \Cli*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. kli`nein to incline + -meter.] (Geol.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. --Dana. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clinometer n 1: an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation [syn: clinometer, inclinometer]