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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.
[See almucantar.]

Definition 2024


almacantar

almacantar

English

Noun

almacantar (plural almacantars)

  1. Alternative form of almucantar
  2. An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almucantar circle.


Irish

Noun

almacantar m (genitive singular almacantair, nominative plural almacantair)

  1. (astronomy) almucantar

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
almacantar n-almacantar halmacantar t-almacantar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.