sextant
Meaning of sextant
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.
Information about sextant
- It is a name.
- The plural form of sextant is: sextants.
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CatalanHyphenation of sextant
sex-tant
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- sextant is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of sextant
Words that rhyme with sextant
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