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← HistoryWhich risk increases considerably when inaccuracies accumulate during the manufacture of astrolabe components?
A)Unreliable celestial event timekeeping✓
B)Instrument structural material separation
C)Fractured alidade from stress cycles
D)Excessive oxidation artifact degeneration
💡 Explanation
Decreased accuracy stems from error propagation; small deviations at each stage accumulate through geometrical constraints. Inaccurate alignment due to manufacturing affects angular measurements because error amplification occurs during each calculation or operation; therefore results skew the celestial representation, rather than material failure.
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