| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DENDROMETER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Dendrometer \Den*drom"e*ter\, noun. [from Greek expression de`ndron tree -meter: compare to the French expression dendrom[`e]tre.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DENDROMETER
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] An instrument to measure the highth and diameter of trees.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Forestry | A class of instruments designed to measure diameters of standing trees from the ground (Source: The Canadian Forest Inventory Committee, its Subcommittees and delegates.). May also be used to measure tree height. Includes the Wheeler Pentaprism Caliper. See Optical dendrometer. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DENDROMETER
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Band dendrometer | Meteorology & Standards | An instrument for continuously measuring and recording, or for obtaining periodic readings of, changes in the overbark girth of a tree, by means of a band encircling the stem. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Optical dendrometer | Forestry | 1: An instrument using optics to enlarge the image and improve measurement accuracy. Includes the Barr & Stroud Dendrometer and the Telerelascope. See dendrometer. (references) | |
| 2: See dendrometer. (references) | |||
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