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Noun Concept
Categories: Angle measuring instruments, Astronomical instruments, Navigational equipment, Celestial navigation
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reflecting instrument  reflecting circle  reflecting circles
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Reflecting instruments are those that use mirrors to enhance their ability to make measurements. Wikipedia
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Reflecting instruments are those that use mirrors to enhance their ability to make measurements. Wikipedia
Use mirrors to enhance their ability to make measurements; primarily associated with celestial navigation as the need to solve navigation problems, in particular the problem of the longitude, was the primary motivation in their development Wikidata
IS A
measuring instrument
HAS KIND
octant
sextant
reflecting circle
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Wikipedia
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reflecting instrument
Wikidata
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reflecting instrument
Wikipedia Redirections
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reflecting circle, reflecting circles

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