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range finder
or rangefinder
noun
- any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of range finder1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
Optional attachments can holster your bear spray and range finder.
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But Fiske's range-finder makes no mathematical calculations, nor requires them to be made, and is automatic.
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One of these failed to explode, but smashed the main range finder and killed one man.
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The Germans have led the way in inventions for this purpose, and their Goertz range finder is perhaps the best in the world.
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As the German opened fire an exclamation of surprise broke from the lips of the officer in charge of the Sydney's range-finder.
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Four days ago a machine-gunner came down to us with a range-finder and supplied me with exact ranges.
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