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almucantar staff

almucantar staff noun: an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

Noun

almucantar staff

  1. An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

Questions about almucantar staff

What does almucantar staff mean?
Almucantar staff means an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.
What part of speech is almucantar staff?
Almucantar staff is a noun.

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