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sextant <a sextant; sextants> N

sextant AREA
سدسية
sextant AVIAT
سَدَّسَ
sextant AREA
آلة السلآدس
sextant AVIAT
السُّدْسِيَّة

sextant AREA

sextant
ذات السدس

box sextant AREA

bubble sextant AREA

mirror sextant AREA

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There were 189 people in six boats, each of which had a compass, but there was only one sextant among them.
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He suggested that the angle be increased to 120, yielding the sextant.
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In wood and ivory, their relatively low price compared to an all-brass sextant made them a popular instrument.
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As the developments in dividing engines progressed, the sextant was more accurate and could be made smaller.
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The purpose of this type of sextant was to get an accurate position of a ship at sea.
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This adaptation of the traditional marine sextant allowed navigation without visual reference to the real horizon.
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Many were made that were quadrants rather than sextants.
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Sectors with other central angles are sometimes given special names, these include quadrants (90), sextants (60) and octants (45).
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Using a sextant, the navigator precisely measures the angle between the moon and another body.
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The third crewman station had the sextant for celestial navigation and the defensive electronic counter measures equipment.
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