time sight
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An observation by sextant of the altitude of a celestial body in order to determine the time and hence the longitude.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A set of observations in order to determine the time that is usually conducted with a transit instrument.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The GHA of the sun at the time of your LAN is your longitude. (Of course, GHAs greater than 180° mean the longitude is east and it would be written as 360° - GHA.) Some navigators call this a time sight."