minute of angle

English

Noun

minute of angle (plural minutes of angle)

An angle, one sixtieth (1/60^th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.

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Translations

one 60th of a degree

Danish: bueminut
Finnish: kulmaminuutti (fi), kaariminuutti (fi)
French: minute d’arc (fr) f
German: Bogenminute (de) f
Hebrew: דַּקַּת קֶשֶׁת (he) f (dakát késhet)
Macedonian: лачна минута f (lačna minuta)
Polish: minuta (pl) f
Russian: углова́я мину́та f (uglovája minúta)
Sanskrit: लिप्ता (sa) f (liptā)
Slovene: ločna minuta f
Swedish: bågminut (sv) c
Tagalog: sandali ng siha, sandali ng bantok
Thai: ลิปดา (th) (líp-daa)

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