sextant

sextant englannista suomeksi

1. sekstantti

0. Substantiivi

1. sekstantti

sextant englanniksi

1. A navigational device for deriving distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

2. (quote-book) Aſtronomer Johannes Hevelius (..)|passage=(..) I can do more with a Quadrant, Sextant or Octant, of 1 foot Radius, furniſhed with Teleſcopical Sights and Screws, then (si) can poſſibly be done with any other Inſtrument, furniſhed only with Common Sights, though 10, 20, 30, nay threeſcore foot Radius; (..)|year=1674|author=Robert Hooke|page=43|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Animadversions_on_the_First_Part_of_the/KAtPAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

3. (RQ:Burroughs Land That Time Forgot)

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5. One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.

6. One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the teeth. The front sextants go from canine to canine, and there are sextants on the right and left of these. See examination.

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