sextans

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Определение sextans в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo

A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as

A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant

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Sex·tans

Этимология

() Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical neasuring implement)