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单词 gunter's chain
释义

Gunter's chain


noun

See under chain (def. 8a).

Origin of Gunter's chain

First recorded in 1670–80; named after its inventor, Edmund Gunter

Words nearby Gunter's chain

gunstock deformity, gunstock stile, gun tackle, gunter, gunter rig, Gunter's chain, Gunther, Günther's disease, gun-toting, Guntur, gunwale
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British Dictionary definitions for Gunter's chain

Gunter's chain

noun

surveying a measuring chain 22 yards in length, or this length as a unitSee chain (def. 7)

Word Origin for Gunter's chain

C17: named after Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), English mathematician and astronomer
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