Gunter's quadrant

noun

An instrument containing a kind of stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the equinoctial, used to find the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, etc., and to solve other common problems of the sphere or globe, and also to take the altitude of an object in degrees.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounGunter's quadrant (plural Gunter's quadrants)

plural Gunter's quadrants

  1. An instrument containing a kind of stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the equinoctial, used to find the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, etc., and to solve other common problems of the sphere or globe, and also to take the altitude of an object in degrees.
Cite this entry
APA

Gunter's quadrant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gunter's%20quadrant

MLA

“Gunter's quadrant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gunter's%20quadrant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gunter's quadrant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gunter's%20quadrant.

Source: Gunter's quadrant on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.