Sextant

Noun

 * 1)  A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
 * 2) *1918,, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
 * For several days things went along in about the same course. I took our position every morning with my crude sextant; but the results were always most unsatisfactory. They always showed a considerable westing when I knew that we had been sailing due north. I blamed my crude instrument, and kept on.
 * 1)  One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60&deg;.

Thesaurus
astrolabe, astronavigation, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, bevel, bevel protractor, bevel square, celestial navigation, chronometer, clinometer, coastwise navigation, consolan, crescent, dead reckoning, fix, goniometer, graphometer, half circle, hemicycle, line of position, loran, pantometer, pilotage, plane sailing, point-to-point navigation, protractor, quadrant, radar, radio beacon, radio navigation, radiogoniometer, sector, semicircle, shoran, sofar, sonar, tables, theodolite, transit, transit circle, transit instrument, transit theodolite

Etymology
From sextans:, a bronze coin worth one-sixth of an as:.

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 * Japanese: 六分儀
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 * Galician: sextante

Noun

 * 1) sextant

Noun

 * 1) sextant