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Noun Concept
Categories: Mechanical calculators, Italian inventions, Galileo Galilei
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sector  military compass  proportional compass
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Measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end WordNet 3.0
English:
instrument
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Measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The sector, also known as a proportional compass or military compass, was a major calculating instrument in use from the end of the sixteenth century until the nineteenth century. Wikipedia
A historic calculating instrument Wikipedia Disambiguation
Mechanical calculator Wikidata
An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge. Wiktionary
IS A
measuring instrument
mechanical calculator
HAS KIND
Galileo's military compass
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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sector
Wikipedia
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sector (instrument)
Wikidata
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sector
Wiktionary
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sector
Wikipedia Redirections
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proportional compass, Sector(instrument)
Wikidata Alias
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military compass, proportional compass

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