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OCTANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octant mean?
• OCTANT (noun)
The noun OCTANT has 1 sense:
1. a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration
Familiarity information: OCTANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("octant" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Meronyms (parts of "octant"):
limb (the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles)
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