sextant in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Many were made that were quadrants rather than sextants.
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He suggested that the angle be increased to 120, yielding the sextant.
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Index correction should be checked, using the horizon or more preferably a star, each time the sextant is used.
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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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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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Using a sextant, the navigator precisely measures the angle between the moon and another body.
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In 1896, he invented the bubble sextant for use in celestial navigation.
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When up on deck, he actually uses a makeshift sextant to get the ship's latitude.
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Aboard they carried only a compass and sextant for navigation.
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If the sextant is permanently fixed in position, only the position of the alidade or similar index need be determined.
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