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Meaning of "sextant" and the crossword clue

- Navigational instrument
- Navigator's aid measuring the angular distance between two visible objects
- The sixth part of a circle.
- 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.
- The constellation Sextans.


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