1) Angular unit 2) Astrolabe alternative 3) Astrolabe descendant 4) Astronomical instrument 5) Constellation 6) Constellation, Sextans 7) Iranian invention 8) Nautical navigation device 9) Navigating aid 10) Navigation device 11) Navigational aid 12) Navigational instrument 13) Resembles an octant
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1) Astrolabe
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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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Navigational instrument used to measure a ship's latitude.
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Navigational instrument used to measure a ship's latitude.
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• (n.) The constellation Sextans. • (n.) The sixth part of a circle. • (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley`s quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic si...
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Navigation instrument measuring solar and stellar heights. Used on land since 16th century â€` the naval version was developed in 1757 by Captain John Campbell. The name refers to a sixth of a circumference â€` 60°. Thus the sextant can measure angles to 120°. The octant operates in a similar way but measures smaller angles.
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One of the six relatively equal sections into which a dental arch can be divided, for example
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Navigational instrument using mirror reflections to measure the sun's altitude, developed from the octant in 1757 by Captain John Campbell. It was not in common use until the mid- 19thC and was made until modern times when periscopic types were used on aircraft.
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An instrument that measures angular distances from fixed celestial objects.
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(from the article `World War II`) Sextant, the conference of Nov. 22–27, 1943, for which Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo, was, on Roosevelt`s insistence, ...
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instrument for determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon, or a star, used in celestial navigation to ... [1 related articles]
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A navigational instrument used to determine the angular measurements between objects. Specifically the elevation of celestial objects above the horizon.
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1. <mathematics> The sixth part of a circle. ... 2. An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, used especially. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, a...
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(seks´tәnt) one of the six equal parts into which the dental arch may be divided: maxillary right, left, and anterior and mandibular right, left, and anterior.
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Navigational instrument used to determine the vertical position of a sky object such as the sun, moon or stars. Used with celestial navigation.
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Navigational instrument using mirror reflections to measure the sun's altitude, developed from the octant in 1757 by Captain John Campbell. It was not in common use until the mid- 19thC and was made until modern times when periscopic types were used on aircraft.
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a instrument used to observe the angular distance of the Sun above the horizon
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Sex'tant noun [ Latin
sextans ,
-antis , the sixth part of an as, from
sextus sixth,
sex six. See
Six .]
1. (Math.) The sixth part of a circle.
2. An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascerta...
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A sextant is a navigational instrument for determining latitude by measuring the angle between a heavenly body and the horizon.
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An instrument which gives the angular elevation or depression of an object, usually celestial. A bubble sextant uses a bubble to maintain an artificial horizon.
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noun a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
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Navigational instrument for determining latitude by measuring the angle between some heavenly body and the horizon. It was invented in 1730 by John Hadley (1682–1744) and can be used only in clear weather. When the horizon is viewed through the right-hand side horizon glass, which is partly ...
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an instrument for measuring angular distance
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[Intelligent words] an instrument for measuring angular distance
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