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GRADUATED ARC [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
CONT

The demicircle is for measuring and indicating angles with a revolving bar mounted on a pivot at the center of the circle, and a compass set firmly in the plane of the graduated arc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Arc de circonférence servant à la mesure des angles et portant une graduation en degré ou grades et en subdivisions de ces unités.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • River and Sea Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Arc extérieur gradué de l'octant ou du sextant sur lequel se lit la valeur des angles.

OBS

Le limbe des sextants modernes est gradué en degrés et en minutes. La précision de la mesure d'angle, grâce au vernier qui accompagne le bras du sextant est supérieure à la demi-minute d'arc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
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