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A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
- I took our position every morning with my crude sextant; but the results were always most unsatisfactory.
- Moskowitz and Devereux have designed a hyperaccurate sextant for interstellar navigation based upon the design of the sextant used by the Apollo astronauts.
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One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
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One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
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A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.
sextant
'sekstәnt5 senses · 245 ms
Level C2GRE