Clinometer vs. Inclinometer

Clinometernoun

An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).

Clinometernoun

An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.

Clinometernoun

an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation

Inclinometernoun

An instrument that displays the angle of an aircraft relative to the horizon.

Inclinometernoun

An instrument that measures magnetic dip; a dip circle.

Inclinometernoun

A surveying instrument that measures angles of inclination or elevation; a clinometer.

Inclinometernoun

an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon

Inclinometernoun

a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)

Inclinometernoun

an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation

Inclinometer

An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope (or tilt), elevation, or depression of an object with respect to gravity's direction. It is also known as a tilt indicator, tilt sensor, tilt meter, slope alert, slope gauge, gradient meter, gradiometer, level gauge, level meter, declinometer, and pitch & roll indicator.