Found 3 hits - Term: sextant, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sextant \sex"tant\, n. l. sextans, -antis, the sixth part of an
as, fr. sextus sixth, sex six. see six.
1. math. the sixth part of a circle.
1913 webster
2. 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 sight, and its
arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle.
see quadrant.
1913 webster
3. astron. the constellation sextans.
1913 webster
box sextant, a small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case
to make it more portable.
1913 webster
see also:
six quadrant box sextant
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sextant
n 1: a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
2: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance
between celestial objects; resembles an octant
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 moby thesaurus words for "sextant":
astrolabe, astronavigation, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, bevel,
bevel protractor, bevel square, celestial navigation, chronometer,
clinometer, coastwise navigation, consolan, crescent,
dead reckoning, fix, goniometer, graphometer, half circle,
hemicycle, line of position, loran, pantometer, pilotage,
plane sailing, point-to-point navigation, protractor, quadrant,
radar, radio beacon, radio navigation, radiogoniometer, sector,
semicircle, shoran, sofar, sonar, tables, theodolite, transit,
transit circle, transit instrument, transit theodolite
Results 1 - 1 of 1 found about sextant: Sextant
>> S Words
Sextant, definition of term: Sextant
sextant_pag1.html
Last accessed:2008/10/08 06:19:10 [Total processing time: 0 seconds] |