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Noun: minute of arc
  1. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
    "The separation between the two stars was measured to be 3 minutes of arc";
    - minute, arcminute

Derived forms: minutes of arc

Type of: angular unit

Part of: arcdegree, degree

Encyclopedia: Minute of arc