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sextant Definition


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sextant
noun
    1. A device consisting of a small telescope mounted on a graded metal arc, used in navigation and surveying for measuring angular distances.
    2. The sixth part of a circle or circumference.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin sextans sixth, the arc being one sixth of a full circle.



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