HyperDic: minute_of_arc

English > 1 sense of the expression minute of arc:
NOUNquantityminute of arc, minute, arcminutea unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
English > minute of arc: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.
Synonymsminute, arcminute
Part ofdegree, arcdegreeA measure for arcs and angles
Partssecond, arcsecondA 60th part of a minute of arc
Broaderangular unitA unit of measurement for angles
Spanishminuto angular, minuto
Catalanminut angular, minut

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