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trimetrogon

trimetrogon noun: a single assembly of three cameras at differing angles, used for aerial photographic surveys.

Noun

trimetrogon (plural trimetrogons)

  1. A single assembly of three cameras at differing angles, used for aerial photographic surveys.
  2. An image produced by this means.
    • [H]igh-quality trimetragon photography was acquired for much of Antarctica, permitting detailed and accurate mapping[.]1993, Malcolm Mellor, chapter 1, in Notes on Antarctic Aviation, US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, page 8

Forms of trimetrogon

pluraltrimetrogons

Origin of trimetrogon

From tri- + metrogon.

Questions about trimetrogon

What does trimetrogon mean?
Trimetrogon means a single assembly of three cameras at differing angles, used for aerial photographic surveys.
What part of speech is trimetrogon?
Trimetrogon is a noun.
What is the plural of trimetrogon?
The plural of trimetrogon is trimetrogons.

Words near trimetrogon in the dictionary

  1. trimetre
  2. trimetres
  3. trimetrexate
  4. trimetric
  5. trimetrical
  6. trimetrogon
  7. trimetrogons
  8. Trimier
  9. trimillennial
  10. trimillennials
  11. Trimingham

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