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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation;
[syn: clinometer, inclinometer]


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]