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sextanses

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Sex⋅tans

  [sek-stuhnz]
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–noun, genitive Sex⋅tan⋅tis  [sek-stan-tis] for 1.
1. Astronomy. the Sextant, an equatorial constellation between Hydra and Leo.
2. (lowercase) a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the sixth part of an as, issued during the period of the Republic.
Origin:
< L sextāns; see sextant
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