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Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.

Chorograph :: Chorograph (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc..

Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..

Fanion :: Fanion (n.) A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.

Transit :: Transit (n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit..

Leveling :: Leveling (n.) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

Arpentator :: Arpentator (n.) The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor..

Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..

Surveyor :: Surveying (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys..

Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire..

View :: View (n.) The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

Call :: Call (n.) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land..

View :: View (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case..

Rodsman :: Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party..

Perambulation :: Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc..

Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.

Camp :: Camp (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

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