On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
> I am working on a translation of an Italian text in the English =3D
>language, and I found a little big problem, I'm looking for translate a =3D
>word that I can't find in my three English dictionaries. I can' find the =
>=3D
>names of the other two parts of a degree. In Italy we call them 'grado' =3D
>(degree) with symbol ( =3DB0 ), then 'primo' with symbol ( ' ), then =3D
>'secondo' with symbol ( " ).
>Would someone of you help me giving me the right translation of the =3D
>'primo' and 'secondo' in the angle value meaning?
>
>Thanks a lot since now
>
>Mario
In English, we use the same words as for the division of time: one sixtieth of
a degree is a minute and one sixtieth of a minute is a second. Of course,
this can be confusing, so we often modify these words with the word "arc";
i.e., "arc minute" and "arc second" especially when we are discussing time
and angles in the same body of work. We use the prime symbol for an arc
minute and the double prime symbol for the arc second. These symbols should
not be used for minutes and seconds of time.
-- Richard Langley
Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
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