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protractorInstrument for constructing and measuring plane angles. The simplest protractor is a semicircular disk marked in degrees from 0° to 180°. A more complex protractor, for plotting position on navigation charts, is called a three-arm protractor, or station pointer, and consists of a circular scale connected to three arms. The centre arm is fixed, while the outer two can be rotated to any desired angle relative to the centre one. A related instrument is the course protractor, which allows navigators to measure the angular distance between north and the course plotted on a navigation chart. protractor 1. an instrument for measuring or drawing angles on paper, usually a flat semicircular transparent plastic sheet graduated in degrees 2. a surgical instrument for removing a bullet from the body 3. Anatomy a former term for extensor |
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| The size of each section apportioned to a particular status was measured via the use of a protractor and recorded as a percentage of the whole pie. Position a protractor at the center point of the circle. She's doing geometry and using a protractor in math and she understands it all," says Shayer. |
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