Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GUNTER RIG
GUNTER RIG Gun "ter rig `. (Naut. )
Defn: A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.
GUNTER'S CHAIN
GUNTER'S CHAIN Gun "ter's chain `. (Surveying )
Defn: The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
GUNTER'S LINE
GUNTER'S LINE Gun "ter's line `.
Defn: A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers.
GUNTER'S QUADRANT
GUNTER'S QUADRANT Gun "ter's quad `rant.
Defn: A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc. , showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale.
GUNTER'S SCALE
GUNTER'S SCALE Gun "ter's scale `.
Defn: A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581 -1626 ), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.
Note: Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc. , and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in surveying and navigation may be solved, mechanically, by the aid of dividers alone.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gunter
gun ter |ˈgəntər ˈɡəntər | ▶noun Sailing a fore-and-aft sail whose spar is nearly vertical, so that the sail is nearly triangular. • (also gunter rig ) historical a type of rig in which the topmast slides up and down the lower mast on rings. DERIVATIVES gun ter-rigged adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: named after E. Gunter (see Gunter's chain ).
Gunter's chain
Gun ter's chain |ˈgəntərz ˈɡəntərz tʃeɪn | ▶noun Surveying a former measuring instrument 66 feet (20.1 m ) long, subdivided into 100 links, each of which is a short section of wire connected to the next link by a loop. It has now been superseded by the steel tape and electronic equipment. • this length as a unit, equal to 1 /10 furlong or 1 /80 mile. Also called chain. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: named after Edmund Gunter (1581 –1626 ), the English mathematician who devised it.
Oxford Dictionary
gunter
gun ¦ter ▶noun Sailing 1 a fore-and-aft sail whose spar is nearly vertical, so that the sail is nearly triangular. 2 (also gunter rig ) historical a type of rig in which the topmast slides up and down the lower mast on rings. DERIVATIVES gunter-rigged adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: named after E. Gunter (see Gunter's chain ).
Gunter's chain
Gunter's chain |ˈgʌntəz | ▶noun Surveying a former measuring instrument 66 ft (20.1 m ) long, subdivided into 100 links, each of which is a short section of wire connected to the next link by a loop. • a measure of length equivalent to a Gunter's chain, equal to 1 /10 furlong or 1 /80 mile. Also called chain. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: named after Edmund Gunter (1581 –1626 ), the English mathematician who devised it.
Duden Dictionary
Günter
Gün ter , Gün ther Eigenname Günther |G ü nter G ü nther |männlicher Vorname
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