Minute Unit of Plane Angle

Preferred Label : Minute Unit of Plane Angle;

NCIt synonyms : Minute; Arcminute;

NCIt related terms : ';

NCIt definition : A unit of angular measure equal to 1/60 degree or to 60 arcseconds. This unit is often called the arcminute to distinguish it from the minute of time. There are 21 600 arcminutes in a circle. The international standard ISO 31 requires that angles be stated in degrees and decimal fractions of the degree, without use of arcminutes and arcseconds.;

Codes from synonyms : 12879;

Details

Origin ID

C68860;

UMLS CUI

C2347166;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Minuscule (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Minute (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- min (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- minute [UCUM unit]
- minute [IUPAC Unit]
- minute (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- per minute (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- second [UCUM unit]
Semantic type(s)
- Quantitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- minute (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- HL7 Unit of Measure Terminology [NCIt concept]

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