sextant
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1. a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | astrolabe, |
| definition | : | an early form of sextant (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | limb, |
| definition | : | the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles (noun.artifact) |
2. a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | angular unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for angles (noun.quantity) |
| part holonym | : | arcdegree, degree, |
| definition | : | a measure for arcs and angles (noun.quantity) |
| part meronym | : | circumference, |
| definition | : | the length of the closed curve of a circle (noun.attribute) |
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