sextant
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/ˈsekstənt/
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/ˈsekstənt/
A tool used for finding the position of a ship or plane by measuring the angles between the sky and the horizon.
The captain used a sextant to find the ship's location in the vast ocean.
船長使用六分儀來確定船在廣闊海洋中的位置。