SURVEYOR'S INSTRUMENT Synonyms

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• height above ground

• indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

• a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

• an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• not showing abrupt variations

• being on a precise horizontal plane

• oriented at right angles to the plumb

• of the score in a contest

• aim at

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• make level or straight

• direct into a position for use

• talk frankly with; lay it on the line

• become level or even

• a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

• a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant

• a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

• a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

• a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

• a journey usually by ship

• make a passage or journey from one place to another

• pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

• revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

• cause or enable to pass through

• an instrument used by surveyors