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.
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It also shows at the bottom, the angular measure of each division of one point.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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
An angular measure is necessary, of course, that of the angle which the disk of the moon fills as seen from the earth.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
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
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
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