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A quadrant is an instrument that is used to measure angles up to 90°. They can be used for a number of purposes but one design, the Davis quadrant is a compact, framed instrument used by navigators for measuring the altitude of an astronomical object.
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What is the sign of the cordinates each quadrant?
Quadrant I : (+, +) Quadrant II : (-, +) Quadrant III : (-, -) Quadrant IV : (+, -)
What are the regions on the coordinate plane called?
Quadrant 3 Quadrant 4 Quadrant 2 Quadrant 1
How do you find perimeter of quadrant?
perimeter of what quadrant?
What quadrant is 420 degrees in?
The fourth quadrant.
What quadrant is 015 in?
what quadrant is (0,-15) in
What system of navigation in which a navigator observes celestial bodies to measure latitude?
Celestial navigation.
What navigation tools did DE Soto use?
a compass and a quadrant which aligned the stars.
What are the instruments in navigation?
the instruments in navigation are gps's, kamals, sextants, cross staff, back staff, mariners astrolabe, quadrant, and octants :)
What is a navigation instrument that starts with c?
Compass Rose
Formerly instrument for measuring angles in navigation and astronomy?
Sextant
Which navigation instrument is useful for steering when land is out of sight?
Compass
What instrument measures longitude?
GPS Historically, the quadrant, and later the sextant were used to measure longitude.
What navigation instrument is used to determine a ship's position at sea?
Astrolabe.
What is quadrant mean in ancient Rome?
A quadrant was (and still is) an instrument that is used to measure angles up to 90°. It was first used by Ptolemy, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer. He introduced the quadrant as a better kind astrolabe and instrument used by astrologers and navigators locating and predicting the positions of the stars, determining local time and local latitude and for surveying and triangulation.
What navigational tools did john Cabot use?
His Navigation tools were the magnetic compass,the log,the lead line,the quadrant or ustrolube, and dead reckoning.
What does a sextant replace?
A similar but smaller instrument called the octant. The octant was one eighth ("octo" is latin for eight) of a circle, while a sextant ("sextus" is Latin for "six") is one sixth of a circle. An even earlier instrument was called a quadrant. Enter your guesses as to how big a "quadrant" is in the Discussion area!
What is the sign of the cordinates each quadrant?
Quadrant I : (+, +) Quadrant II : (-, +) Quadrant III : (-, -) Quadrant IV : (+, -)
