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universal instruments

universal instruments is the plural of universal instrument.

Meaning of universal instrument

Noun

universal instrument (plural universal instruments)

  1. A kind of altitude and azimuth instrument. The object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of the horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so that the eye has convenient access to both at the same time.

Questions about universal instruments

What is universal instruments the plural of?
Universal instruments is the plural of universal instrument.

Words near universal instruments in the dictionary

  1. universal grammar
  2. universal grammars
  3. universal grinder
  4. universal grinders
  5. universal instrument
  6. universal instruments
  7. universal joint
  8. universal joints
  9. universal jurisdiction
  10. universal language
  11. universal languages

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