surveying instrument

Questions about surveying instrument

What does surveying instrument mean?

surveying instrument means "an instrument used by surveyors".

What is another word for surveying instrument?

Close synonyms include surveyor's instrument. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is surveying instrument a common word?

surveying instrument is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.