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MILLIRADIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("milliradian" is a kind of...):
angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)
Meronyms (parts of "milliradian"):
microradian (a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian)
Holonyms ("milliradian" is a part of...):
rad; radian (the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees))
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