āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Sextant
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°
a navigational tool used to measure the angle between visible celestial bodies or between a celestial body and the horizon, to determine position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She adjusts the sextant to measure the sun's altitude at noon.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻˇāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻāĻļ, āĻˇāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻāĻļ
a unit of angle equal to one-sixth of a full circle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A sextant marks the angular distance between the two reference points.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
