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angle unit comparison table

Subject has equivalent is an acronym for has base unit has unit has proposal date has definition has symbol has proposer is an instance of

arcminute 1/60 degree A unit of angle equal to 1/60 of a degree. angle unit

arcsecond 1/3600 degree One sixtieth of an arcminute, or 1/3600 of a degree. angle unit

degree An angle subtended in the sky: From the zenith to the horizon is 90 degrees. angle unit

radian 57.29578° Syteme Internationale m·m^-1 = 1 defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations 1873 A measure of angular distance; 2π radians equals 360 degrees. rad James Thomson named derived SI unit

Subject	has equivalent	is an acronym for	has base unit	has unit	has proposal date	has definition	has symbol	has proposer	is an instance of
arcminute	1/60 degree					A unit of angle equal to 1/60 of a degree.			angle unit
arcsecond	1/3600 degree					One sixtieth of an arcminute, or 1/3600 of a degree.			angle unit
degree						An angle subtended in the sky: From the zenith to the horizon is 90 degrees.			angle unit
radian	57.29578°	Syteme Internationale	m·m^-1 = 1	defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	1873	A measure of angular distance; 2π radians equals 360 degrees.	rad	James Thomson	named derived SI unit

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