SEXTANSES

SEXTANS

Sex"tans, n. Etym: [L. See Sextant.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.)

Definition: A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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