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Showing words for SEXTANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Sextant

sextant

6 Letter Words for Sextant

extant, saxten, sextan, tasten, texans

5 Letter Words for Sextant

antes, etnas, nates, neats, nexts, stane, state, stean, stent, taste, tates, taxes, teats, tents, testa, texan, texas, texts

4 Letter Words for Sextant

anes, anet, ante, ants, ates, atte, attn, axes, eans, east, eats, etas, etat, etna, exta, nast, nats, neat, nest, nets, next, sane, sant, sate, saxe, sean, seat, seax, sena, sent, seta, sett, sext, stat, sten, stet, taen, tane, tans, tate, tats, tean, teas, teat, tens, tent, test, tets, text

3 Letter Words for Sextant

aes, ane, ans, ant, ase, ast, ate, att, ean, eas, eat, ens, est, eta, ext, nae, nas, nat, nea, net, san, sat, sax, sea, sen, set, sex, sta, tan, tas, tat, tax, tea, ten, tes, tet, tex, tnt, tst, txt, xat

Definitions for Sextant

[1] an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distances, especially the altitudes of sun, moon, and stars.
[2] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Sextans.
[3] an optical instrument used in navigation and consisting of a telescope through which a sighting of a heavenly body is taken, with protractors for determining its angular distance above the horizon or from another heavenly body
[4] a sixth part of a circle having an arc which subtends an angle of 60°

Words nearby Sextant

sexpot, sext, sextain, sextan, sextans, sextant, sextern, sextet, sextic, sextile, sextillion

Origin of Sextant

1590–1600; < Latin sextant- (stem of sextāns ) sixth part of a unit. See sext1, -ant

Words that may be confused with Sextant

sextant, sextet, sexton

Word origin for Sextant

C17: from Latin sextāns one sixth of a unit