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Antoniadi scale

Antoniadi scale proper noun: a scale of seeing conditions used by amateur astronomers.

Proper noun

Antoniadi scale

  1. a scale of seeing conditions used by amateur astronomers.

Origin of Antoniadi scale

Named for Eugène Michel Antoniadi (1870-1944), who invented it.

Questions about Antoniadi scale

What does Antoniadi scale mean?
Antoniadi scale means a scale of seeing conditions used by amateur astronomers.
What part of speech is Antoniadi scale?
Antoniadi scale is a proper noun.

Words near Antoniadi scale in the dictionary

  1. Antonetti
  2. Antonettis
  3. Antongalon
  4. Antoni
  5. Antonia
  6. Antoniadi scale
  7. Antoniana
  8. Antonina
  9. Antonine
  10. Antonine Wall
  11. antoniniani

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