alidade

== English == === Alternative forms === alhidade, alhidad, alidad (all obsolete) === Etymology === From French alidade, from Spanish alidada, from Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda), perhaps from عَضُد (ʕaḍud, “upper arm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/ === Noun === alidade (plural alidades) (cartography, astronomy, surveying) A type of sighting device used for measuring angles. ==== Synonyms ==== turning board, diopter (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === alidade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Noun === alidade f plural of alidada == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === alidada === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧li‧da‧de === Noun === alidade f (plural alidades) (cartography, astronomy, surveying) alidade (sighting device used for measuring angles) === Further reading === “alidade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026