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Gunter's Chain

Gunter's Chain is the alternative form of Gunter's chain.

Noun capitalized: Gunter's chain

Gunter's chain (plural Gunter's chains)

  1. A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.

Forms of Gunter's Chain

pluralGunter's Chains
pluralGunter's chains
alternative formGunter's Chain

Origin of Gunter's Chain

Named after Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and geometer who devised it. For the surname, see Gunter.

Questions about Gunter's Chain

What does Gunter's Chain mean?
Gunter's Chain means a sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.
What is Gunter's Chain the alternative form of?
Gunter's Chain is the alternative form of Gunter's chain.
What part of speech is Gunter's Chain?
Gunter's Chain is a noun.
What is the plural of Gunter's Chain?
The plural of Gunter's Chain is Gunter's Chains.

Words near Gunter's Chain in the dictionary

  1. guntas
  2. Guntawang
  3. gunter
  4. gunter rig
  5. gunter rigs
  6. Gunter's Chain
  7. Gunter's Chains
  8. Gunter's line
  9. Gunter's lines
  10. Gunter's quadrant
  11. Gunter's quadrants

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