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Webster 1913 Edition
Almacantar
Alˊma-can′tar
,Noun.
(Astron.)
(a)
Same as
Almucantar
. (b)
A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See
Almucantar
. Webster 1828 Edition
Almacantar
AL'MACANTAR
,Noun.