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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See
gunter's scale .
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