• (n.) An arrangement of two photographic cameras, the plates of which may be brought into exactly the same plane, used in surveying and map making. From the differences between two pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained.
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(from the article `theodolite`) ...in road building, tunnel alignment, and other civil-engineering work. The transit is a variety of theodolite that has the telescope so mounted ...
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Pho`to·the·od'o·lite noun An arrangement of two photographic cameras, the plates of which may be brought into exactly the same plane, used in surveying and map making. From the differences between two pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained.
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