theodolite

Questions about theodolite

What does theodolite mean?

theodolite means "a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod".

How many syllables are in theodolite?

theodolite has 4 syllables and divides as the-o-do-lite under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for theodolite?

Close synonyms include transit. 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 theodolite a common word?

theodolite 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.