How to pronounce sextant
American English pronunciation
SEK-stunt
- IPA
- /ˈsɛkstənt/
- Syllables
- SEK · stunt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What sextant means
A tool sailors used to find their position by measuring the stars
In a sentence: The captain raised her sextant to measure how high the North Star sat in the sky.
Where it comes from: It comes from Latin "sextans," a sixth part. The tool's curved scale is one sixth of a circle.
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