quintant
/kwin-tnt/US // ˈkwɪn tnt //
Quintant
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a sextant having an arc equal to one fifth of a circle.
Examples
My quintant was first wrested from my coxswain, who in a tone of grief made me known the circumstance.
The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sextant.
An instrument used instead of a sextant, quintant, or quadrant; but the quintant embraces as much—viz.
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