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Definition of Circular measure
1. Noun. Measurement of angles in radians.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circular Measure
Literary usage of Circular measure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytic Geometry by Wallace Alvin Wilson, Joshua Irving Tracey (1915)
"circular measure.—For plotting the sine curve x can be measured in degrees, and
any convenient unit taken as a degree, but the scale of measurement in x ..."
2. Elements of Analytic Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1888)
"In circular measure an angle is denned by the equation angle = ^L, radius in
which the word " arc " denotes the length of the arc corresponding to the angle ..."
3. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"APPENDIX A circular measure—The Radian The radian is circular angle subtended by
an arc equal in length to the radius of its circle as shown in the figure. ..."
4. Elements of the Differential Calculus: With Examples and Applications : a by William Elwood Byerly (1901)
"... value of 360° in circular measure is obviously or 2 TT, 2 XT * r and of 1°
is —— or -^—. Hence, to reduce from gradual to cir- 360 180 cular measure, ..."
5. Elements of Astronomy by Robert Stawell Ball (1886)
"circular measure.—There is another mode by which the magnitude of angles may be
expressed, which, though unsuited for the graduation of astronomical ..."
6. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: And Four-place Tables of Logarithms by William Anthony Granville (1909)
"circular measure. The unit angle is one radian, being the angle ... The circular
measure of an angle is its magnitude expressed in terms of radians. ..."
7. Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of by Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish (1873)
"circular measure, or Circular Motion, is used principally in surveying, navigation,
... Define circular measure. How arc circles divided ? Repeat the table. ..."
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