Gunter's scale

noun
/ˌɡʌntəz ˈskeɪl/UK/ˌɡʌntɚz ˈskeɪl/US

Etymology

From Gunter + -'s + scale, from the surname of its inventor, the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628).

  1. derived from *skalō
  2. derived from skala
  3. derived from escale
  4. inherited from scale
  5. formed as gunter's scale — “Gunter + -'s + scale

Definitions

  1. A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of…

    A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in navigation and surveying may be solved mechanically, using only divides.

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