Crossword-Solution: CLINOMETER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Clinometer | n. | An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “CLINOMETER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ANGLE of inclination of surfaces measuring instrument | 1 answer |
| MEASURING instrument for slopes | 1 answer |
| an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | 1 answer |
| INSTRUMENT for measuring slopes | 2 answers |
| footrule | 2 answers |
| ANGULAR measure | 20 answers |
| INSTRUMENT for measuring | 38 answers |
| MEASURING instrument | 56 answers |
| Measure | 111 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
REAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CLINOMETER (5)
Writing to Henslow at this time, and referring to a form of the instrument devised by his friend, Darwin says: "I am very glad to say I think the clinometer will answer admirably.
Carefully noting, by the aid of his compass and clinometer, at every point which he visited, the direction and amount of inclination of the parallel divisions in these rocks, he was led to a very important generalisation— namely, that over very wide areas the direction (strike) of the planes of cleavage in slates, and of foliation in schists and gneisses, remained constant, though the amount of their inclination (dip) often varied within wide limits.
Carefully noting, by the aid of his compass and clinometer, at every point which he visited, the direction and amount of inclination of the parallel divisions in these rocks, he was led to a very important generalisation—namely, that over very wide areas the direction (strike) of the planes of cleavage in slates, and of foliation in schists and gneisses, remained constant, though the amount of their inclination (dip) often varied within wide limits.
Packed away in his wallet lay geological hammer, azimuth compass, clinometer, miniature microscope,--why should he drag all that lumber about with him? What to him were the bygone millions of ages, the hoary records of unimaginable time? One touch of a girl's hand, one syllable of musical speech,--was it not that whereof his life had truly need? As remote from him, however, as the age of the pterodactyl.
Watch a gunner laying his gun on a target he cannot see; observe him switch the gun round from the aiming point to the target; remark the way in which the sight clinometer registers the angle of sight and the drum registers the range; and then ask yourself whether the smartest ship that ever sailed the high seas could be more docile to a turn of the wheel.