trimetrogon

noun

tri·​met·​ro·​gon

trīˈme‧trəˌgän

plural -s

: a system of aerial mapping involving the use of a single assembly containing three cameras with which one vertical and two oblique right and left aerial photographs are taken simultaneously at regular intervals over the area being mapped

Word History

Etymology

tri- + Greek metron measure + English -gon

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