'Clinometer' definitions:
Definition of 'clinometer'
(from WordNet)
noun
An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation [syn: clinometer, inclinometer]
Definition of 'Clinometer'
From: GCIDE
- Clinometer \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. [1913 Webster]