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单词 transit compass
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transit compass
transit compass n. Surveying a type of compass, often equipped with a short telescope, in which the markers for East and West are reversed, allowing for the accurate measurement of bearings.
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1839 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 9 (advt. section in front matter) Manufacturers of..Levels, Goniometers, Transit Compasses, Surveyor's Compasses, Circular Protractors, Barometers, and all kinds of Nautical Instruments.
1929 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 13 44 If one has the field notes of the government survey one does not have to make use of the transit compass to determine this variation.
2003 G. J. Borradaile Statistics Earth Sci. Data x. 254/2 The Japanese model is dual-purpose and retains all the surveying functions of a traditional transit compass.
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