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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

alidade (plural alidades)

1. (cartography, astronomy, surveying) A type of sighting device used for measuring angles.

Synonyms

• turning board, diopter (obsolete)

Derived terms

• photoalidade

Translations

measuring apparatus

German: Alhidade Greek: κλισιόμετρο n (klisiómetro) Indonesian: alidad Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: alîdade Persian: عضاده (fa) ('ezâde), راستایاب (fa) (râstâyâb) Polish: alidada (pl) f Portuguese: alidade (pt) f, alidada (pt) f Russian: алида́да (ru) f (alidáda)

Further reading

• alidade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

alidade f

1. plural of alidada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alidada

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈda.dɨ/ [ɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧da‧de

Noun

alidade f (plural alidades)

1. (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, 2008–2025
• “alidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025