🧭sextant (sextant)

noun
/ˈsɛkstənt/
sextant (sextant)

Signification

a navigational instrument with a graduated arc of 60°, used to measure the angle between a celestial object and the horizon
Traduction de la signification
Un instrument nautique avec un arc gradué de 60°, utilisé pour mesurer l'angle entre un objet céleste et l'horizon.
Un instrument nautique avec un arc gradue de 60 degres, utilise pour mesurer l'angle entre un objet celeste et l'horizon.

Phrases d'exemple

Using a sextant, the navigator fixed the ship’s position at noon.

En utilisant un sextant, le navigateur a fixé la position du navire à midi.
En utilisant un sextant, le navigateur a fixe la position du navire a midi.

Synonymes

astrolabe, octant, navigational instrument, quadrant

Antonymes

guesswork, estimation

Collocations

marine sextant, brass sextant, sextant reading, use a sextant, celestial navigation

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