angular unit

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angular unit - a unit of measurement for angles

unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"

mil - an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution

arcdegree, degree - a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"

arcsecond, second - a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"

arcminute, minute of arc, minute - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

microradian - a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian

milliradian - a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian

radian, rad - the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)

grad, grade - one-hundredth of a right angle

oxtant - a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant

sextant - a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

straight angle - an angle of 180 degrees

steradian, sr - the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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In a panic I began checking additional objects in the book and quickly identified numerous clusters, galaxies, and nebulae described with the wrong angular units. The planetary nebula IC 2448 in Carina (just 10 arcseconds in diameter) is mentioned as "about 10 arcminutes across," while its more famous relative, the Ring Nebula (M57) in Lyra, is erroneously described as "over 50 arcminutes in diameter." Oh, my!