minute of angle

English

Noun

minute of angle (plural minutes of angle)

1. An angle, one sixtieth (1/60^th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.

Synonyms

• arcminute
• minute of arc

Translations

one 60th of a degree

• Danish: bueminut
• Finnish: kulmaminuutti
• French: minute d’arc (fr) f
• German: Bogenminute f
• Hebrew: דַּקַּת קֶשֶׁת (he) f (dakát késhet)
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• Slovene: ločna minuta f
• Swedish: bågminut (sv) c
• Tagalog: sandali ng siha, sandali ng bantok
• Thai: ลิปดา (th) (líp-daa)