Abney level
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the surname of English scientist William de Wiveleslie Abney.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Abney level (plural Abney levels)
- A clinometer used to measure tree heights.[1] [First attested in the late 19th century.][2]
Translations
[edit]clinometer used to measure tree heights
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References
[edit]- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abney level”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.