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dip circle

noun

  1. an instrument for measuring dip, consisting of a dip needle with a vertical circular scale of angles Also calledinclinometer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

In several cases the tray was widened to receive as well a case containing a dip-circle.

On December 21 the load on the sledge was stripped down to tent, dip-circle, theodolite, cooker and a little food.

Norman devised a form of dip-circle, and found a value for the inclination in London which was at least not very wide of the mark.

Besides his dip-circle, Norman also devised a simple and very apt illustration of magnetic inclination.

We set off to scale the mountain, taking the dip-circle with us.

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