angular distance
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Noun (1)
- the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer“he recorded angular distances between the stars”Type of angleKinds latitude, longitude, hour angle, declination, right ascension, true anomaly
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Angular aperture, Angular distance
From the entry Angular.
Angular distance
the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects.
From the entry Distance.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54