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地上標定機 (ちじょうひょうていき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

地ち上じょう標ひょう定てい機き

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Meanings

1

theodolite (artillery)

A specialized surveying instrument used in artillery for measuring horizontal and vertical angles to determine target positions.

砲ほう兵へい隊たいは地ち上じょう標ひょう定てい機きを使つかって目もく

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座ざ

標ひょう

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測そく

定てい

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た

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The artillery unit used a theodolite to measure the coordinates of the target.

Kanji

地ground, earth
上above, up
標signpost, seal, mark
定determine, fix, establish
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

セオドライト
The loanword セオドライト is the general term for a theodolite in surveying, while 地上標定機 specifically refers to its use in artillery for ground positioning.

Built from

地ち上じょう+標ひょう定てい+

Etymology

Compound of 地上 (ground) + 標定 (positioning, orientation) + 機 (machine, instrument). The term is a technical coinage for a ground-based positioning device used in artillery.

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