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Noun Concept
Categories: Astronomical instruments, 1731 introductions, Navigational equipment, Angle measuring instruments, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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sextant  Sextant adjustment  Sextant observation  sextants
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A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant WordNet 3.0
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A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. Wikipedia
A navigation instrument Wikipedia Disambiguation
Angle measurement navigational instrument Wikidata
A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude. OmegaWiki
IS A
measuring instrument
navigational instrument
reflecting instrument
astronomical instrument
HAS PART
limb
HAS KIND
astrolabe
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Abu-Mahmud Khojandi
John Bird
MEASURES
angle
REPLACES
astrolabe
octant
USED BY
navigator
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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sextant
Wikipedia
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sextant
Wikidata
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sextant
Wiktionary
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sextant
OmegaWiki
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sextant
Wikipedia Redirections
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Sextant adjustment, Sextant observation, sextants

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