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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Baculometrynoun
The art of measuring distances by one or more staves. Dict.
Etymology: from baculus, Lat. and μέτϱον.
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Baculometry
Bacculometry is the art of measuring accessible or inaccessible distances, or lines, by the help of one or more staves or rods. Daniel Schwenter has explained this art in his Geometria Practica (1627); and the rules of it are delivered by Wolfius, in his Elements. Jacques Ozanam also gives an illustration of the principles of baculometry.
Webster Dictionary
Baculometrynoun
measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs
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Baculometry
Bacculometry is the art of measuring accessible or inaccessible distances, or lines, by the help of one or more staves or rods. Daniel Schwenter has explained this art in his Geometria Practica; and the rules of it are delivered by Wolfius, in his Elements. Jacques Ozanam also gives an illustration of the principles of baculometry.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of baculometry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of baculometry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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