"dip sector" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dip sectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dip sector (plural dip sectors)
  1. (historical) An instrument used for measuring the dip of the horizon. A sextant can be used as one, and historically some instruments were specifically created for the purpose. In reality they appear to have been cumbersome and little used. Tags: historical Coordinate_terms: optical level, theodolite
    Sense id: en-dip_sector-en-noun-BhMaWN98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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