STADIMETER


Meaning of STADIMETER in English

/steuh dim"i teuhr/ , n.

an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.

[ STADI(A) 1 + -METER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .