"Gunter's scale" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɡʌntəz ˈskeɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɡʊn-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɡʌntɚz ˈskeɪl/ [General-American], [-ɾɚz-] [General-American] Forms: Gunter's scales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Gunter + -'s + scale, from the surname of its inventor, the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628). Etymology templates: {{nb...|Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify’d thereby, in the Several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine: 􂀿...􂁀 In Two Volumes.}} […], {{ref|From <span class="cited-source">E[phraim] Chambers (<span class="None" lang="und">1728) <cite>Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […]</cite>, volume II, London: <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>…<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> James and John Knapton [et al.], <small>→OCLC</small>, plate between pages 252 and 253</span></span>.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{affix|en|Gunter|-'s|scale}} Gunter + -'s + scale Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gunter's scale (plural Gunter's scales)
  1. A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in navigation and surveying may be solved mechanically, using only divides. Wikipedia link: Edmund Gunter Synonyms: Gunter's rule Related terms: Gunter's chain, Gunter's line, Gunter's proportion, Gunter's quadrant, Gunter's rule

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