单词 | minute of arc |
释义 | > as lemmasminute of arc 5. The sixtieth part of a degree of angular measurement (in later use also minute of arc).† minute of a minute n. the sixtieth part of a minute of arc, an arc second (obsolete).The symbol for a minute is ′; thus 5° 12′ represents ‘five degrees twelve minutes’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > second minute of a minutec1392 secondc1400 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > of angles > units of angular measurement stairc1374 degreec1386 minutec1392 prime1738 mil1907 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > minute minutec1550 min1559 scruple1610 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 24 (MED) In the same manere shal it be deuyded in mynutis, in degres, in nombres. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe i. §8 12 These degres of signes ben everich of hem considered of 60 mynutes, and every mynute of 60 secundes. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 40 The circle artic is xxiij degreis xxx munitis fra the pole artic. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 1 Longitude 17 degrees, and 20 minuttes west. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 1 52 degrees which is 40 mynuttes higher then that of the Cittie of London. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 68 Those numbers and minutes, yea numbers of numbers, and minutes of minutes (which Astrologicall Mathematicians pretend to work by). 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 28 In the Latitude of 27 Degrees 5 Minutes North. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. i. x. 58 Each Degree is supposed to consist of 60 Minutes, thus marked (′). 1848 J. F. Cooper Jack Tier I. iii The difference in these two times..gives the distance in degrees and minutes, between the longitude of Greenwich and that of the place on the ocean where the observer is. 1862 A. D. Bache Discuss. Magn. & Meteorol. Observ. ii. 9 The scale divisions have been converted into minutes of arc. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) i. iv. 27 Paris is situated two degrees, twenty minutes, and nine seconds east from Greenwich. 1903 Geogr. Jrnl. 22 193 The rise is an elevation which rises gradually with an angle of only a few minutes of arc, irrespective of whether it is wide or narrow. 1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xvi. 336 A mistake of one minute of angle means an error of half a degree of longitude. 1993 Equinox Oct. 38/3 Its latitude is 41 degrees 56 minutes north, placing it on a line with, say, Istanbul. < as lemmas |
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