Definizione monolingua

sextant

sextant (plural sextants)

1. (nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     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.

2. (geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.

Definizione dizionario sextant

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

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Altri significati:

navigational instrument

(geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.

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