sextant
A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to…A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
» He's an expert with a sextant.
Значення
значень: 4A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
Sextant
секста́нтsekstánt, секста́нsekstán
a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.
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речень: 2He's an expert with a sextant.
Tycho Brahe used only a compass and a sextant to observe the stars.
ruТихо Браге при наблюдении за звёздами пользовался только компасом и секстантом.
deTycho Brahe beobachtete die Sterne nur mit Hilfe eines Kompasses und eines Sextanten.
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Походження
From Latin sextāns.From Latin sextāns.
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