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Definition of Rangefinder
1. Noun. A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object.
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Definition of Rangefinder
1. Noun. Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument that is used to measure the distance to an object ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rangefinder
Literary usage of Rangefinder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1919)
"Duties, one lieutenant on rangefinder, leaving captain free to conrol action.
One private acts as armorer and one as saddler in each section. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"(1) Field rangefinder» exist in great variety, and differ from one another both
... The Nolan rangefinder, which was the first telemeter used Ъу the British ..."
3. The Elements of Surveying and Geodesy by William Charles Popplewell (1915)
"Single Observer, Single Operation rangefinder.—The best example of this type ...
The standard Naval rangefinder of Drs. Barr and Stroud has a fixed base of ..."
4. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"The value of a for ordinary TELEMETER, or rangefinder. ... The Nolan rangefinder,
which was the first telemeter used by the British artillery, ..."
5. Year-book of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"The rangefinder is of the single observer type with a base of 1J yards. ...
Special features of the rangefinder are (1) the refracting prism; (2) the centre ..."
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