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Definition of Sextans
1. n. A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
Definition of Sextans
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo. ¹
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Definition of Sextans
1. sextan [n] - See also: sextan
Medical Definition of Sextans
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1. A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
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Literary usage of Sextans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geography of the Heavens and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1843)
"'LThe Smaller Lion now succeeds; a cohort Of fifty stars attend his steps And
three, to sight unarm'd, invisible. ps; 'd, in sextans. ..."
2. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1849)
"sextans—THE SEXTANT. Favorably situated for examination in March, April, and May.
LEO. THE LION.—This is one of the most brilliant constellations in the ..."
3. The Geography of the Heavens and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1838)
"The Smaller Lion now succeeds; a cohort Of filty stars attend his steps; And
three, to sight unarm'd, invisible." sextans. THE SEXTANT, called also URANIA'S ..."
4. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick, Hiram Mattison (1850)
"sextans. THE SEXTANT, called also URANIA'S SEXTANT^ is a modern constellation that
... sextans ..."
5. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1811)
"sextans, the Sextant, a mathematical instrument well known to mariners, was formed
by Hevelius from the Stella Informes of the ancients. ..."
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