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/ˈsɛk.stənt/ · noun
(nautical) 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; […]
I took our position every morning with my crude sextant; but the results were always most unsatisfactory.
Moskowitz and Devereux have designed a hyperaccurate sextant for interstellar navigation based upon the design of the sextant used by the Apollo astronauts.
Use sextant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sextant means (nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude..
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[…] 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; […]
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