Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clinometer \Cli*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. kli`nein to incline +
   -meter.] (Geol.)
   An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr
   the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
   --Dana.

Source : WordNet®

clinometer
     n : an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle
         of inclination or elevation [syn: {inclinometer}]