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Definition: CADRANS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cadrans" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Cadrans \Cad"rans\, noun. [Compare to the French expression cadran. Compare to Quadrant.]. (references)

Definition: CADRANS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CADRANS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Cadrans \Cad"rans\, noun. [Compare to the French expression cadran. Compare to Quadrant.]. (references)