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Gunter's quadrant

Gunter's quadrant noun: an instrument containing a kind of stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the equinoctial, used to find the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, etc., and to solve other common problems of the sphere or globe, and also to take the altitude of an object in degrees.

Noun

Gunter's quadrant (plural Gunter's quadrants)

  1. An instrument containing a kind of stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the equinoctial, used to find the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, etc., and to solve other common problems of the sphere or globe, and also to take the altitude of an object in degrees.

Forms of Gunter's quadrant

pluralGunter's quadrants

Questions about Gunter's quadrant

What does Gunter's quadrant mean?
Gunter's quadrant means an instrument containing a kind of stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the equinoctial, used to find the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, etc., and to solve other common problems of the sphere or globe, and also to take the altitude of an object in degrees.
What part of speech is Gunter's quadrant?
Gunter's quadrant is a noun.
What is the plural of Gunter's quadrant?
The plural of Gunter's quadrant is Gunter's quadrants.

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