Sextans

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as. Ancient-Rome
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.

Synonyms

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big dipperconstellation

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical measuring implement)

Etymology 2

From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).

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