Unscramble

t 1 h 4 e 1 o 1 d 2 o 1 l 1 i 1 t 1 e 1

10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

originFrom New Latin theodolitus (1571), perhaps containing Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”) and Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”); if so, doublet of alidade.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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