How to pronounce “sextant”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
• (geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
• (dentistry) One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
• (botany) A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.

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