Stā'tion-point'er, n.

n. (Surv.) An instrument used in maritime surveying, for expeditiously laying down on a chart the position of a place from which the angles subtended by three distant objects whose positions are known, have been observed. It consists of three straight arms, each pierced with a narrow longitudinal slit, and all turning on a common center, with suitable graduated arcs and verniers for setting them to given angles apart.