Sextant

Language: English
Pronunciation: Sex-tant
Part of Speech: noun

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

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"a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees"

"a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant"

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