quadrantal error

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quadrantal error [kwä′drant·əl ‚er·ər]

(navigation)

The angular error in a measured bearing that is due to the presence of metal in the vicinity of the direction-finding antenna, such as the metal structure and engines of an airplane or the hull of a ship.

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