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Noun: plane table  pleyn tey-bul
  1. Surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details
    "The surveyor set up the plane table to map the terrain"

Derived forms: plane tables

Type of: surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument

Encyclopedia: Plane table