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Sextant

//ˈsɛk.stənt// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The constellation Sextans.
Noun
  1. 1
    A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

    "[…] I can do more with a Quadrant, Sextant or Octant, of 1 foot Radius, furniſhed with Teleſcopical Sights and Screws, then ^([sic]) can poſſibly be done with any other Inſtrument, furniſhed only with Common Sights, though 10, 20, 30, nay threeſcore foot Radius; […]"

  2. 2
    a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant wordnet
  3. 3
    One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
  4. 4
    a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees wordnet
  5. 5
    One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
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  1. 6
    A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.

Etymology

From Latin sextāns.

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