traverse table

traverse table
noun
1. : a navigation or surveying table giving the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance and containing the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle usually for every degree of angle and for all lengths of the hypotenuse from 1 to 100

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traverse table,
1. a platform moving sideways on wheels, used on a railroad to shift cars from one set of rails to another parallel to it; transfer table.
2. a table used in navigation to determine the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance.

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