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alhidad

alhidad is the obsolete spelling of alidade.

Meaning of alidade

Noun

alidade (plural alidades)

  1. A type of sighting device used for measuring angles.
    Synonyms:
    turning board, diopter

Forms of alhidad

pluralalhidads

Questions about alhidad

What is alhidad the obsolete spelling of?
Alhidad is the obsolete spelling of alidade.

Words near alhidad in the dictionary

  1. Alhassan
  2. Alhassans
  3. Alhazen's problem
  4. Alhena
  5. alhenna
  6. alhidad
  7. alhidade
  8. alhidades
  9. alhidads
  10. Ali
  11. ali baba

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alhidad (page history and authors); alidade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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