noun🔗ShareA navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude."The old sailor used his sextant to measure the angle between the sun and the horizon, which helped him figure out the ship's location on the ocean. "nauticalsailingtechnologydevicegeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°."The pizza was cut into six equal slices, so each slice represented a sextant of the whole. "mathnauticalastronomydeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne 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."The dentist examined the front sextant of my teeth, checking for signs of gum disease between my canine teeth. "anatomypartbodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
