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sextant nghĩa là gì?

kính lục phân

/ˈsɛk.stənt/

sextant in Vietnamese: kính lục phân. In English, sextant means a navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

Vietnamese words for sextant

navigational instrument
kính lục phân

English meaning of sextant

  1. noun A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
  2. noun One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
  3. noun One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
  4. noun A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.

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Questions about sextant in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of sextant in Vietnamese?
Sextant in Vietnamese is kính lục phân.
sextant nghĩa là gì?
Sextant: kính lục phân.
What does sextant mean in English?
Sextant means a navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sextant (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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