Sextant
nounid
130448·updated May 18, 2026verified
a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects
polysemous
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Sextants
- possessive
- Sextant's
- pluralpossessive
- Sextants'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects
- §2
- a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
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