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Sextant

nounid 130448·updated May 18, 2026
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a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects

polysemous

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Variants

plural
Sextants
possessive
Sextant's
pluralpossessive
Sextants'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§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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