sextant

1. A 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

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

3. One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.

4. A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.

1. He's an expert with a sextant.

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2. 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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