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reflecting circles

reflecting circles is the plural of reflecting circle.

Meaning of reflecting circle

Noun

reflecting circle (plural reflecting circles)

  1. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles, like the sextant or octant, by the reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle.

Questions about reflecting circles

What is reflecting circles the plural of?
Reflecting circles is the plural of reflecting circle.

Words near reflecting circles in the dictionary

  1. reflectibility
  2. reflectible
  3. reflectin
  4. reflecting
  5. reflecting circle
  6. reflecting circles
  7. reflecting microscope
  8. reflecting microscopes
  9. reflecting on
  10. reflecting pool
  11. reflecting pools

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