almacantar

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almacantar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Almacantar \Al`ma*can"tar\, n. (Astron.)
     (a) Same as Almucantar.
     (b) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly
         bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See
         Almucantar.
         [1913 Webster] Almadia