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kinetheodolite|kɪnɪθiːˈɒdəlaɪt|
Also (with hyphen) kine-theodolite.
[f. Gr. κίνη(σις movement + theodolite.]
A telescope used to follow the path of a projectile, aircraft, or the like, and mounted so that its elevation and azimuth angles are indicated.
1941Illustr. London News CXCVIII. 380/2 The girls work with two kine-theodolites set far apart and connected at the firing position by a central control post which photographs the shell-bursts. 1946Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. L. 925/1 Bombs of differing weights were dropped... They were followed visually by kine-theodolites, which gave the flight path. 1958New Scientist 21 Aug. 655/1 The contributions..on the tracking of the Russian satellites..were quite outstanding. Thus the data obtained using kine-theodolites by scientists of the Ministry of Supply were the most accurate optical observations reported. 1961Engineering 26 May 750/3 Woomera has a number of double kinetheodolite sites, one instrument tracking the missile, the other the target aircraft. 1965K. J. Turner in M. A. Perry Flight Test Instrumentation III. 229 The model trajectories are recorded by..kine⁓theodolites. |