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17 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• sextant n. (Nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude…
• sextant n. (Geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
• sextant n. (Dentistry) One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth. The front sextants go from…
• Sextant prop.n. (Astronomy) The constellation Sextans.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech - Romanian
  • sextant n. Sextant.
• Swedish
  • sextant n. (Nautical) a sextant.

— English words, defined in French —

• sextant n. (Géométrie) Sextant.
• sextant n. (Astronomie, Navigation) Sextant.

— In German —

• Sextant S. Sixtant.
• Sextant S. Optisches Messinstrument zur Messung von Winkeln anhand von…
• Sextant S. Sternbild in der Nähe des Himmelsäquators.

— In Dutch —

• sextant n. (Scheepvaart), (historisch) hoekmeetinstrument dat ondermeer…
• Sextant eig. (Astronomie) sterrenbeeld zuidelijk van de dierenriem (tussen…

— In French —

• sextant n.m. (Géométrie) Sixième partie d’un cercle, arc de soixante degrés.
• sextant n.m. (Astronomie, Navigation) Instrument permettant de relever…
• sextant v. Participe présent de sexter.
• Sextant n.prop.m. (Astronomie) Constellation équatoriale peu brillante…

40 English words from 6 English definitions

adjacent angle angular as␣to Astronomy between circle constellation Dentistry deriving determine device disc distances excluding for from front Geometry groups latitude Nautical navigational objects of␣a One One␣sixth sector Sextans sextant sextants six sixth so␣as so␣as␣to teeth the wisdom wisdom␣teeth with

10 English words from 11 foreign definitions

arc Constellation dat der des Instrument Navigation Sextant sexter van

31 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

anhand Astronomie brillante cercle degrés dierenriem équatoriale Géométrie Himmelsäquators historisch Messinstrument Messung Nähe Optisches Participe Participe␣présent partie permettant peu présent relever Scheepvaart Sixième soixante Sternbild sterrenbeeld tussen von Winkeln zuidelijk zur

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

sextants sextantal sextantes

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't ext ext. extant sex sex- sext sextan tan Tan TAN Tant -tant

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ATX nat Nat NAT Nat. TNA TXes Xes

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

exstant

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

existant sextants

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

extant nattes sextan Staten tantes taxest Texans textas

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

sectant sextans Sextans

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

extant sextan

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