NOUN
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the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer
he recorded angular distances between the stars
How To Use angular distance In A Sentence
- The course is simply the horizontal direction in which a vessel is actually moving expressed as an angular distance measured clockwise from north.
- Firstly, remember that your longitude is the angular distance West of the Greenwich meridian.
- A heliometer is a refractor, with the objective cut in two, which was used to measure small angular distances.
- he recorded angular distances between the stars
