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  • noun Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument that is used to measure the distance to an object

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  • noun a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object

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  • Look what I finded!

    January 12, 2009

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  • an instrument for the detection of defective citrus fruits.

    January 12, 2009