Sextans Definition

sĕkstənz
noun
An equatorial constellation between Leo and Hydra.
Webster's New World

(historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

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pronoun

(astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.

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Origin of Sextans

  • Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical neasuring implement)

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin sextāns sextant sextant

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

SSESEX

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SNSANS

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