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sextant

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Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 575643 Last modified 03.03.2024
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Domain metrologymeasuring instrumentsmeasuring equipment - control equipment
navigatsiooninurgamõõtur preferred
  • mõõtevahend taevakehade kõrgusnurga horisondist või kaldasihtmärkide vahelise nurga mõõtmiseks
  • doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects
navigatsiooninurgamõõtur preferred
Usage examples
  • Navigatsiooninurgamõõturit kasutati esmalt astronoomilise objekti ja horisondi vahelise nurga mõõtmiseks taevase navigeerimise eesmärgil.
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sextant
Usage examples
  • The primary use of a sextant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation.

Purjetamise terminibaas

ID 468698 Last modified 13.09.2019
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sextant

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