Definitions
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- noun Any of several designs of
optical (or other)instrument that is used tomeasure thedistance to an object
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object
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Examples
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A rangefinder is not a bad idea either so you can shoot some ranges to known objects when you sit down to call.
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A rangefinder is not a bad idea either so you can shoot some ranges to known objects when you sit down to call.
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On our way back to camp, we checked the rangefinder from the spots where I'd taken both shots.
Zero to Deer 2004
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On our way back to camp, we checked the rangefinder from the spots where I'd taken both shots.
From New York to New Mexico: A Young Woman's First Hunt 2004
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On our way back to camp, we checked the rangefinder from the spots where I'd taken both shots.
Zero to Deer 2004
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On our way back to camp, we checked the rangefinder from the spots where I'd taken both shots.
Zero to Deer 2004
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On our way back to camp, we checked the rangefinder from the spots where I'd taken both shots.
Zero to Deer 2004
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I learned on my first trip out a rangefinder was a MUST for distance.
The Utah Exception 2008
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He grimaced and called the rangefinder on the hypercom.
Parlor Games Carol Reid 2010
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But although the D.C.T. and the rangefinder were the ship's eyes and the kingdom of the Gunnery Officer, a mechanical "brain" several decks below, protected by armour, worked out all the complicated mathematics which would ensure that the shells, if Headon and Maycock aimed the Director Sight correctly, arrived on the target.
Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956
bilby commented on the word rangefinder
Look what I finded!
January 12, 2009
mollusque commented on the word rangefinder
But did your rang?
January 12, 2009
sionnach commented on the word rangefinder
an instrument for the detection of defective citrus fruits.
January 12, 2009