angular measure
Americannoun
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the units used to measure angles.
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the number of such units in a given angle.
Example Sentences
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Does the 310� refer to angular measure and if so, is the plane of distortion horizontal or vertical?
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus all the ordinary propositions of geometry in which distance and angular measure do not enter otherwise than in cross ratios can now be enunciated and proved.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The measures now referred to are of a more simple character; they are merely to ascertain the apparent distance of the objects expressed in angular measure.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
Our mode of computing time, and our angular measure, are the only relics of this obsolete system.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
It shows, from left to right, the name of the point course, its angular measure in the new compass and its angular measure in the old compass.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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