al|i|dade

al|i|dade
al|i|dade «AL uh dayd», noun.
1. a measuring instrument consisting of a sighting device, such as a telescope, attached to a straightedge, used especially in surveying, to make a map or a scale drawing of a given area.
2. a similar device used in lookout towers to locate forest fires.
[< Medieval Latin alhidada < Arabic al-"iāda pointer (of an astrolabe)]

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