Sextant
01
sextant, navigationsinstrument
a navigational tool used to measure the angle between visible celestial bodies or between a celestial body and the horizon, to determine position
Exempel
The explorer relied on a sextant during his transatlantic voyage.
Upptäckaren förlitade sig på en sextant under sin transatlantiska resa.
02
sextant, sextant
a unit of angle equal to one-sixth of a full circle
Exempel
Engineers measured the curve using a sextant as the base unit.
Ingenjörerna mätte kurvan med en sextant som basenhet.
