BARLOW'S PLATE


Meaning of BARLOW'S PLATE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: after Peter Barlow died 1862 English mathematician

: an iron plate formerly used on a ship to compensate for the action of part of the ship's magnetism on the compass — compare flinders bar

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