trimetrogon

trimetrogon
/truy me"treuh gon'/, adj.
of or pertaining to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.
[1940-45; TRI- + Gk métro(n) measure + -GON]

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