angular unit

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angular unit - a unit of measurement for angles unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"mil - an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolutionarcdegree, degree - a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"arcsecond, second - a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"arcminute, minute of arc, minute - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degreemicroradian - a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradianmilliradian - a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radianradian, rad - 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)grad, grade - one-hundredth of a right angleoxtant - a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrantsextant - a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degreesstraight angle - an angle of 180 degreessteradian, sr - the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites