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sextant

/ˈsek.stənt/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa un instrumento de navegación utilizado para medir la distancia angular entre objetos celestes, como el sol y el horizonte, con el fin de determinar la latitud y la longitud.

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noun

C1formalcommon/ˈsek.stənt/

A noun referring to a navigational instrument used to measure the angular distance between celestial objects, such as the sun and the horizon, to determine latitude and longitude.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un instrumento de navegación utilizado para medir la distancia angular entre objetos celestes, como el sol y el horizonte, con el fin de determinar la latitud y la longitud.
  1. Angular unit C1 formal scientific

    A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees, representing one-sixth of a full circle.

    • The sextant is used to measure angles up to 60 degrees.
    • In geometry, a sextant is one-sixth of a circle.
    • The ancient Greeks divided the circle into sextants.

    🇪🇸Sextante (unidad angular)

  2. Navigation instrument B2 formal scientific

    A measuring instrument used in navigation to determine the angular distance between celestial objects, such as the sun and the horizon, to calculate latitude and longitude.

    • The sailor used a sextant to find the ship's position at sea.
    • Modern GPS has largely replaced the traditional sextant.
    • He carefully adjusted the sextant to measure the angle of the North Star.

    🇪🇸Sextante

  • sextants plural form
  • sextants' possessive plural form
  • sextant's possessive singular form