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Get out some graph paper or maybe a protractor because this may get complicated.
With a protractor and a little practise it is possible to measure spherical angles pretty accurately.
Holding the protractor at your desired angle, look up the straight edge of the protractor.
In a full analysis, Christina uses a ruler and protractor to measure the letters and angles.
Called a three arm protractor or station pointer, it was invented in 1801 by Joseph Huddart, a U.S. naval captain.
Standard measurements were taken using calipers and a protractor with the median line of the valve mounted horizontally.
Her fingers unzipped the zipper and took out her binder for math along with her calculator, pencil, and protractor.
A protractor was used to measure the angle of this line to the transverse line and hence the angle to the apex of the nucellus.
A few inexpensive mechanical pencils and a small protractor complete the kit.
The Weems Plotter combined a protractor, straight edge and parallel rule, and is still one of the most basic tools for any recreational boater of circumnavigator.
Points went over from angles almost off the protractor that day and the pace and accuracy of their play hit a level hardly seen in any other game this year.
In the overhead thrower, the shoulder external rotator muscles, scapular retractor muscles, and protractor and depressor muscles are frequently isolated because of weakness.
Although all of the protractor and retractor muscles have roles in swing phase, most play little or no role in support phase when dogs trot at steady speed on the level.
It is tempting to hypothesize that because the limb girdles display positive allometry, the protractor and retractor muscles attached to them did as well.
This instrument, called a three-arm protractor, or station pointer, is composed of a circular scale connected to three arms.
The protractor has a blade that can be set at any angle relative to the axis of the ruler.
Combining the functions of the T square, triangle, protractor, and scale, it greatly increases the efficiency of producing a drawing.
The HSA and VSA values can be plotted on a solar protractor, which shows arcual lines for VSA values and radial lines for HSA values.
To measure or to set out angles on a map a protractor can be used with an angular division of one-degree, preferably half a degree.
Using your speed scale and a protractor, measure this vector to compute the direction and speed change needed to achieve the new velocity.
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In the absence of any outdoor work a protractor may be used to measure the exterior angles of a polygon drawn on paper.
The protractor has a graduated disk, and is adjustable so it can be disposed at any angle.
A protractor may be used in the same manner by sighting along the top and using a plumb bob to record the angle.
The mirror is always at hand, and a paper protractor on a piece of board, with a plumb line attached, serves as a quadrant.
It is also fairly accurate to run a line at any angle to a given line by sighting along two pins stuck in a protractor.
Measure the angle CAX, either in degrees, with a protractor, or by sighting along a piece of paper and marking down the angle.
At that point find, by means of a protractor, the angle a projection of the chord makes with the face of the beam.
Then, if we have a protractor, we may apply it to the lines and see how many degrees of angle they contain.
The pupil who cannot see the equality of vertical angles intuitively better than by the use of the protractor is abnormal.
We'll start with the one with the coconut ice and the protractor, please.
He was using a protractor, which was divided into galactic degrees.
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