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backstaff
noun
An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude
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macrometer
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angular distance
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pantometer
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holometer
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forestaff
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cathetometer
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magnetograph
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statoscope
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gravity meter
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chartometer
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rhysimeter
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astrometer
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magnetic north
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heliometry
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tellurometer
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dynactinometer
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hypsometer
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system of measurement
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pyrheliometer
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anemograph
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angulometer
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mean solar day
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lapse rate
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absolute magnitude
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isotach
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aerometer
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spectrohelioscope
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contour line
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meteorograph
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light meter
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isohyet
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dygogram
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isothermobath
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measurement
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exposure meter
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hygrostatics
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sidereal time
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hydrodynamometer
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geothermometer
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line of longitude
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fundamental quantity
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selenodesy
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lucimeter
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ephemeris time
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map projection
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vaporimeter
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megameter
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loxodrome
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magnetic dip
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right ascension
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sidereal day
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vacuum gauge
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weatherglass
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cryometer
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haemoscope
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evection
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colatitude
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phonometer
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universal time
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radiation pyrometer
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artificial horizon
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true anomaly
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longimetry
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