Definition of Clinameter

Definition of Clinameter

Cli*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. kli`nein to incline + -meter.] (Geol.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

an apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree)

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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