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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Dictionary Corner #36
Sextant – noun
An instrument for measuring the angular distances between objects, used for navigation and surveying.
- ORIGIN first referring to the sixth part of a circle: from Latin
sextans
‘sixth part’.
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