almucantar staff

noun

Definitions

  1. An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take…

    An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

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No curated loop yet for almucantar staff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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