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PRONUNCIATION OF ARC MINUTE

arc minute  [ɑːk ˈmɪnɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARC MINUTE

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Arc minute is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARC MINUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minute of arc

A minute of arc, arcminute, or minute arc, is a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄60 of one degree. Because one degree is 1⁄360 of a circle, one minute of arc is 1⁄21,600 of a circle, or π⁄10,800 radians. It is used in fields that involve very small angles, such as astronomy, optometry, ophthalmology, optics, navigation and marksmanship. The number of square arc minutes in a complete sphere is = approximately 148,510,660 square arc minutes. A second of arc is 1⁄60 of an arc minute, 1⁄3,600 of a degree, 1⁄1,296,000 of a circle, and π⁄648,000 of a radian. This is approximately the angle subtended by a U.S. dime coin at a distance of 4 kilometres. To express even smaller angles, standard SI prefixes can be employed. In particular, the milliarcsecond, abbreviated mas, is commonly used in astronomy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARC MINUTE


acuminate
əˈkjuːmɪnɪt
agminate
ˈæɡmɪnɪt
cabinet
ˈkæbɪnɪt
conterminate
kənˈtɜːmɪnɪt
definite
ˈdɛfɪnɪt
determinate
dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt
effeminate
ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt
geminate
ˈdʒɛmɪnɪt
indefinite
ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt
indeterminate
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt
indiscriminate
ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnɪt
infinite
ˈɪnfɪnɪt
innominate
ɪˈnɒmɪnɪt
minute
ˈmɪnɪt
ordinate
ˈɔːdɪnɪt
predeterminate
ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt
quadrigeminate
ˌkwɒdrɪˈdʒɛmɪnɪt
staminate
ˈstæmɪnɪt
subordinate
səˈbɔːdɪnɪt
up-to-the-minute
ˌʌptəðəˈmɪnɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARC MINUTE

arc
Arc de Triomphe
arc furnace
arc lamp
arc light
arc second
arc welder
arc welding
arc-boutant
arcade
arcade game
Arcadia
Arcadian
Arcadianism
Arcadic
Arcady
arcana
arcane
arcanely
arcaneness

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARC MINUTE

absolute
acute
Canute
comminute
constitute
contribute
cornute
cute
dispute
half-minute
Hardecanute
Hardicanute
Harthacanute
institute
last-minute
New York minute
route
salute
tribute
up to the minute

Synonyms and antonyms of arc minute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «arc minute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARC MINUTE

Find out the translation of arc minute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arc minute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arc minute» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弧分
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minutos de arco
570 millions of speakers

English

arc minute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चाप मिनट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوس دقيقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дуга минуту
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

minuto de arco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাপ মিনিট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

minute d´arc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minit arc
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bogenminute
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アーク分
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아크 분
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arc menit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phút hồ quang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வில் நிமிடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंस मिनिट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yay dakikası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minuto d´arco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

arc minut
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дуга хвилину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

minut arc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τόξο λεπτό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boog minute
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bågminut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arc minutt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arc minute

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARC MINUTE»

The term «arc minute» is normally little used and occupies the 130.373 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARC MINUTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arc minute

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARC MINUTE»

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Astronomy For Dummies
... a degree, and 60 seconds of arc equal a minute of arc. A minute or second of arc is also often called an “arc minute” or an “arc second,” respectively. “i 6" 5! U A few simple rules may help.
Stephen P. Maran, 2012
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The Water Footprint Assessment Manual: Setting the Global ...
One can also use grid-based climate databases: monthly values of major climatic parameters with a spatial resolution of 30 arc minute can be obtained from CRU TS-2.1 through the CGIAR-CSI GeoPortal (Mitchell and Jones,2005).The US ...
Maite M. Aldaya, Ashok K. Chapagain, Arjen Y. Hoekstra, 2012
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Touching the Universe: My Favorite Twenty Nights Viewing the Sky
One sixtieth of one degree is one arc minute. The Ring Nebula is a little larger than one arc minute in size. Many Messier open clusters are between twenty and thirty arc minutes in size. Alberio, the beautiful double star in Cygnus, has a ...
Steven R. Coe, 2011
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Rediscovering the World: Map Transformations of Human and ...
As the 2.5 arc minute resolution data were also used to test the highest possible resolution from the GWP population grid, it has to be mentioned that this population grid is resampled down to the maximum mesh value of 4,096 by the script, ...
Benjamin Hennig, 2012
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Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy
There are 60 arc seconds in 1 arc minute and, therefore, 3600 arc seconds in 1 arc degree. One arc second corresponds to about 725 km on the surface of the sun, as viewed from the Earth. Arctic circle The latitude 66°32'N. North of this line  ...
Richard A. Matzner, 2001
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The New Amateur Astronomer
arc-second, which is l/3600th of a degree, l/60th of an arc-minute, or 1/206, 265th of a radian. The formula now becomes: Resolution, in arc-seconds = 251.643X/D. If we now set X to the wavelength of green light, i.e., 550 x 10~6mm, the ...
Martin Mobberley, 2004
7
Sawai Jai Singh and His Astronomy
They could measure to the nearest arc-minute. We believe that in these instruments, the two main sources of uncertainties, namely, the aperture broadening and the diffraction broadening, were less than 1 arc-minute.3 As a result, the data ...
Virendra Nath Sharma, Jai Singh II (Maharaja of Jaipur), 1995
8
A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology and ...
Arc degree: A unit of angular measure of which there are 360 in a full circle. An arc degree is denoted by the symbol ° . Arc minute: A unit of angular measure equal to one sixtieth of a degree of angular measure, or to 1/60 of an arc degree.
Kenneth Lang, 2007
9
Geometrical and Instrumental Optics
An acuity of 1 arc minute is typical, so a letter subtending 5 arc minutes can be identified. A score on such a test, of, say, 20/30 means that an object subtending 1 arc minute at 30 feet can be recognized at 20 feet, or that the acuity is 2/3 of the  ...
Daniel Malacara, 1989
10
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second Edition
Arc. Minute. A unit of ANGULAR measure equal to 60 ARC SECONDS, or 1/60 of a DEGREE. The arc minute is denoted ' (not to be confused with the symbol for feet ). 108 Arc Second See also ARC SECOND, DEGREE Arc Second.
Eric W. Weisstein, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARC MINUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arc minute is used in the context of the following news items.
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Public Release: 2-Jul-2015 Dark matter map begins to reveal the …
IMAGE: Image 1: A 14 arc minute by 9.5 arc minute section of a Hyper Suprime-Cam image, with contour lines showing the dark matter ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
2
When Jupiter met Venus: Don't miss tonight's spectacular planetary …
The closest Venus-Jupiter conjunction between the years 1990 and 2020 was on 17 May 2000 with a distance of only 1' (arc minute) or less ... «Ashbourne News Telegraph, Jun 15»
3
Catch Jupiter Homing in on Venus Through June
Looking at Jupiter and Venus on July 1st using a 30 arc minute filed of view. Image credit: Starry Night Education Software. And just think of ... «Universe Today, Jun 15»
4
High-res device gives retinal imaging a facelift
She described a patient with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) where the motion was corrected from 68 arc minutes to 0.08-arc minute, ... «ModernMedicine, Jun 15»
5
What Would It Take to Send People to Pluto?
Pluto's sun is only an arc minute across, and would appear starlike. But what a star! At magnitude minus 19, it would appear 650 times brighter ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
6
Comet Lovejoy does the polar plunge
Through a telescope, Lovejoy still shows off a round, 6 arc minute diameter coma (one-fifth as wide as a full moon) and a denser, brighter core ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
7
Planet Mercury Shines Near Mars Tonight: When and Where to Look
Mercury is 5.7 arc seconds in diameter and Mars only 3.8 arc seconds. There are 60 arc seconds in an arc minute, 60 arc minutes in a degree, ... «Yahoo News, Apr 15»
8
LG May Have Leaked 8K iMac
Average human eye visual acuity is about 1 arc minute(20/20 vison). The people with the best eyes can go down to about 0.4 arc minutes, but ... «Tom's Guide, Apr 15»
9
Port entry light
“This is a 5° PEL with one arc minute between sectors. When we designed this PEL we included a Vernier adjustment feature to enable ... «Maritime Journal, Feb 15»
10
Don't worry…be happy: Hubble captures universe smiling back at us
And the area it covers is just one arc minute, a unit of measurement used by astronomers. How small is that? Well, the moon is 30 arc minutes. «Globalnews.ca, Feb 15»

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