ALIDADES

Noun

alidades

plural of alidade

Source: Wiktionary


ALIDADE

Al"i*dade, n. Etym: [LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-'idada a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade.]

Definition: The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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