Sextant

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “[…] I can do more with a Quadrant, Sextant or Octant, of 1 foot Radius, furniſhed with Teleſcopical Sights and Screws, then ^([sic]) can poſſibly be done with any other Inſtrument, furniſhed only with Common Sights, though 10, 20, 30, nay threeſcore foot Radius; […]”

2. isim One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
3. isim One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
4. isim A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.
5. özel isim The constellation Sextans.