sextant
sex
ˈsɛk
sek
tant
stənt
stēnt
British pronunciation
/sˈɛkstənt/

Kahulugan at ibig sabihin ng "sextant"sa English

Sextant
01

sekstant, kasangkapan sa nabigasyon

a navigational tool used to measure the angle between visible celestial bodies or between a celestial body and the horizon, to determine position
example
Mga Halimbawa
The sailor uses a sextant to chart his course by the stars.
Ang mandaragat ay gumagamit ng sextant upang i-chart ang kanyang kurso sa pamamagitan ng mga bituin.
She adjusts the sextant to measure the sun's altitude at noon.
Inaayos niya ang sextant upang sukatin ang taas ng araw sa tanghali.
02

sekstant, sekstant

a unit of angle equal to one-sixth of a full circle
example
Mga Halimbawa
The arc was divided into six sextants, each spanning 60 degrees.
Ang arko ay hinati sa anim na sextant, bawat isa ay sumasaklaw ng 60 degrees.
A sextant marks the angular distance between the two reference points.
Isang sextant ang nagmamarka ng angular na distansya sa pagitan ng dalawang reference point.
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