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Sextant
01
sextant, instrument de navigation
a navigational tool used to measure the angle between visible celestial bodies or between a celestial body and the horizon, to determine position
Exemples
She adjusts the sextant to measure the sun's altitude at noon.
Elle ajuste le sextant pour mesurer l'altitude du soleil à midi.
02
sextant, sextant
a unit of angle equal to one-sixth of a full circle
Exemples
A sextant marks the angular distance between the two reference points.
Un sextant marque la distance angulaire entre les deux points de référence.
