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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane);
[syn: inclinometer, dip circle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inclinnometer \In`clin*nom"e*ter\, n. [Incline + -meter.] (Magnetism) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dip circle n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) [syn: inclinometer, dip circle]