How do you use Arcminutes in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Arcminutes meaning
plural of arcminute
Using Arcminutes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of arcminute
- In the example corpus, arcminutes often appears in combinations such as: by arcminutes, of arcminutes, arcminutes from.
Context around Arcminutes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Arcminutes
- In this selection, "arcminutes" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eight and across stand out and add context to how "arcminutes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 0 8 arcminutes and 2 1 arcminutes above the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "arcminutes" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with arcminutes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The whole nebula measures 15 arcminutes in diameter. (8 words)
At only 8 arcminutes across, its disc would be barely discernible. (11 words)
Berkeley 90 is a smaller open cluster, with a diameter of 5 arcminutes. (13 words)
This year, Jupiter and Saturn will pass within 6 arcminutes of one another; that’s the closest they have been since March 4, 1226, making this a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical sight. (33 words)
A third star, Beta 3 Tucanae, is separated by 10 arcminutes from the two, and able to be seen as a separate star with the unaided eye. (27 words)
But he was not satisfied with the complex and still slightly inaccurate result; at certain points the model differed from the data by up to eight arcminutes. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
This year, Jupiter and Saturn will pass within 6 arcminutes of one another; that’s the closest they have been since March 4, 1226, making this a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical sight.
A larger amateur instrument reveals 8 more stars, nebulosity to the east and west of the cluster, and a diameter of 9 arcminutes.
A third star, Beta 3 Tucanae, is separated by 10 arcminutes from the two, and able to be seen as a separate star with the unaided eye.
At only 8 arcminutes across, its disc would be barely discernible.
Berkeley 90 is a smaller open cluster, with a diameter of 5 arcminutes.
But he was not satisfied with the complex and still slightly inaccurate result; at certain points the model differed from the data by up to eight arcminutes.
Its components of magnitudes 7.6 and 8.4 are separated by 6 arcseconds and are 15 arcminutes from Gamma Delphini itself.
Nebulosity is visible to the north and east of the cluster, which is 7 arcminutes in diameter.
NGC 678 is an edge-on spiral galaxy that is 4.5 by 0.8 arcminutes.
The open cluster Berkeley 90 is embedded in this large nebula, which measures 30 by 20 arcminutes.
The whole nebula measures 15 arcminutes in diameter.
This means that to an observer at Mercury's poles, the center of the Sun never rises more than 2.1 arcminutes above the horizon.
Common combinations with arcminutes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by arcminutes 3×
- of arcminutes 2×
- arcminutes from 2×
- arcminutes in 2×