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ANGULAR UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of measurement for angles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("angular unit" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angular unit"):
mil (an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution)
arcdegree; degree (a measure for arcs and angles)
arcsecond; second (a 60th part of a minute of arc)
arcminute; minute; minute of arc (a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree)
microradian (a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian)
milliradian (a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian)
rad; radian (the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees))
grad; grade (one-hundredth of a right angle)
oxtant (a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant)
sextant (a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees)
straight angle (an angle of 180 degrees)
sr; steradian (the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
