(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:44:06

Al`ma*can"tar (#), n. Astron. (a)

Same as Almucantar.

(b)

A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

 

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