| NOUN | artifact | octant | a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body |
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| Meaning | A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration. | |
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| Parts | limb | The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles |
| Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
| Spanish | octante | |
| Catalan | octant | |
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