Sextant

Word SEXTANT
Character 7
Hyphenation sex tant
Pronunciations /ˈsɛkstənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Sextant"

What do we mean by sextant?

A navigational instrument containing a graduated 60-degree arc, used for measuring the altitudes of celestial bodies for use in determining the latitude and longitude of the observer. noun

In mathematics, the sixth part of a circle. Hence An important instrument of navigation and surveying, for measuring the angular distance of two stars or other objects, or the altitude of a star above the horizon, the two images being brought into coincidence by reflection from the transmitting horizon-glass, lettered b in the figure. noun

capitalized Same as Sextans, 2. noun

The sixth part of a circle. noun

An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant. noun

The constellation Sextans. noun

A small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case to make it more portable. noun

A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude. noun

One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°. noun

A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant noun

A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees noun

A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.

One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth. The front sextants go from canine to canine, and there are sextants on the right and left of these. See w:Periodontal examination.

An astronomical object used to check the longitude at sea by measuring the altitudes of sun,moon,and stars. Urban Dictionary

Sextant - A word, first, popularized after the release of the movie, Ed Edd n' Eddy's Big Picture Show, it's a device used to check the longitude at sea by measuring the altitudes of sun, moon, and stars. Urban Dictionary

A person who has sex with animals or objects, such as a dog or a stuffed animal. a person who prefers sex with dolls or masturbating rather than sex with another person. Urban Dictionary

A sextant is another word for antidepressants. Antidepressants get called sextant often because of the fact that they lessen your desire for sexual intercourse with a partner, or with yourself. Urban Dictionary

When responding to undesired sexts or requests for nudes, the practice of sending various images of women and/or men holding or using an astronomical device called a sextant in lieu of ones' actual nudes. Urban Dictionary

A person who as sexual intercourse with an animal or objects, such as baloons. A person who perfers sex with a doll rather than a person. Urban Dictionary

A person who engages in the act of sexting Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sextant

The word "sextant" in example sentences

I had to confess that I was not a navigator, that I had never looked through a sextant in my life, and that I doubted if I could tell a sextant from a nautical almanac. ❋ Unknown (1913)

A sextant is a navigational instrument that measures the altitudes of celestial bodies. ❋ Susan Hubbard (2010)

Determining this in the 19th century most commonly involved the use of an optical device known as a sextant to measure the position of a celestial object (such as the sun) at a specific time (usually noon). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sextant is a powerful optical instrument, magnifying everything it sees twenty-eight times, but the price it pays for this magnification is a very narrow field of view, only 1.8 degrees wide corresponding to 0.6 miles on the ground, so that it is almost like looking down a gun barrel. ❋ James R. Hansen (2005)

If the object to be assaulted is a large one, a practical man can, by the exercise of moderate judgment after two or three fires, throw the bombs near the work; but, at the same time, the sextant is the more certain means for determining the true distance, and the ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)

In another class-room, we find a staff commander teaching a class how to use the sextant, which is the sailor's most useful instrument for finding his place at sea, from sun and stars; or he may be teaching them how to use a chart or to draw a chart themselves. ❋ Various (N/A)

The sextant is the one most in use and so will be described first. ❋ Ernest Gallaudet Draper (1919)

At that instant the sun is on your meridian, it is noon at the ship, and the angle you read from your sextant is the meridian altitude of the sun. ❋ Ernest Gallaudet Draper (1919)

The sextant, which is the instrument universally used at sea, was gradually evolved from similar instruments used from the earliest times. ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)

So you understand, what with the "dead reckoning," and the curious instruments I told you of -- one of them is called a sextant -- the captain can take his ship right across the pathless ocean, just as easily as a coachman does his coach along a high-road. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Navigators, then, at sea, always go out upon the deck at noon, if the sun is out, with a very curious and complicated instrument, called a sextant, in their hands; and with this instrument they measure exactly the distance from the sun at noon down to the southern horizon. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

{9} The sextant is a mathematical instrument by which the different degrees of longitude and latitude are determined, and the hour known. ❋ Ida Pfeiffer (1827)

In outings of [astronomy] class, that queer teacher took students on [the ship] and made them [calculate] distance between sea and sky by using sextant. ❋ Purinsy (2008)

"We can find [the gag] factory by using this [sextant]" *PFFFFFFFFFFFFFT* "What's so funny?" "I didn't catch that, what is it called again?" "It's a sextant, a device used to- *[HAHAHAHAHA]* [SEXtant]! ❋ Dick_Cheese69 (2016)

"hey, did you see that guy having sex with [a cow]?" [yeah dude], that was [sick]. he's a sextant." ❋ John Joseph (2007)

Person 1: i have a lot of kids and my life is getting [tiring]. Person 2: well it you're [depressed] maybe you should use a [sextant] ❋ (2022)

[Txt] Creeper: [Hey gurl], send me one of yo' nudes! Girl: *An Image of a Woman Holding a [Sextant]* Txt Creeper: Hey, are you sextanting me?! Girl: ..... ❋ Rvanorth (2013)

"A man was [having sex] with a [stuffed animal]" "Man, He's a [sextant]" ❋ John Joseph (2007)

Bro 1: dude i was totally sexting Ashley last night Bro 2: you are just a little [sextant] arent you? always sexting somebody Bro 1: [true true] Bro 2: it happens Bro 1: yep, [you'll have that] ❋ Classy_Bambi (2010)

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