Crossword-Solution: OCTANT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Octant | n. | The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees. |
| Octant | n. | The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees. |
| Octant | n. | An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant. |
| Octant | n. | One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coordinate planes. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OCTANT | anagram | CATTON |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with OCTANT (5)
Latitude was easy to determine using an octant and later a sextant with mirrors and a small telescope to measure the angle between a celestial body such as the sun or north star and the horizon.
Captain Cook made him a present of an Hadley's octant; and, though it was probably the first he had ever seen, he understood, in a very short time, the various uses to which that instrument can be applied.
Charred remains of the boat, a burned octant, and a few unexploded cartridges were all that remained of the meager outfit upon which they depended to take them to the mouth of the river, a distance of over 250 miles.
The Earth, in reference to the Moon or the Projectile, was in her last phase, or octant as it is called, and showed a sharp-horned, attenuated, but brilliant crescent strongly relieved by the black background of the sky.
The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sextant.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 44 times in crossword archives (1945–2024).