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    • IPA: /ˈsɛk.stənt/
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Substantiv
1.sextant {en}navigation

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Substantiv

  1. (nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
  2. (geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.

Exempel

  • For several days things went along in about the same course. I took our position every morning with my crude sextant; but the results were always most unsatisfactory. They always showed a considerable westing when I knew that we had been sailing due north. I blamed my crude instrument, and kept on.

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Pluralsextants

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