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alidad

alidad is the archaic form 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 alidad

pluralalidads

Questions about alidad

What is alidad the archaic form of?
Alidad is the archaic form of alidade.

Words near alidad in the dictionary

  1. alicyclics
  2. alicyclobacilli
  3. alicyclobacillus
  4. Alid
  5. Alida
  6. alidad
  7. alidade
  8. alidades
  9. alidads
  10. Alidhoo
  11. Alidhuffarufinolhu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alidad (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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