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Definition of sext
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Sext (n.) The
office
for the sixth
canonical
hour, being a part of the
Breviary..
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Sextry
::
Sextry
(n.) See
Sacristy.
Sextant
::
Sextant
(n.) The
constellation
Sextans.
Sexenary
::
Sexenary
(a.)
Proceeding
by
sixes;
sextuple;
--
applied
especially
to a
system
of
arithmetical
computation
in which the base is six.
Sextuple
::
Sextuple
(a.) Six times as much;
sixfold.
Divide
::
Divide
(v. t.) To mark
divisions
on; to
graduate;
as, to
divide
a
sextant..
Vernier
::
Vernier
(n.) A short scale made to slide along the
divisions
of a
graduated
instrument,
as the limb of a
sextant,
or the scale of a
barometer,
for
indicating
parts of
divisions.
It is so
graduated
that a
certain
convenient
number
of its
divisions
are just equal to a
certain
number,
either
one less or one more, of the
divisions
of the
instrument,
so that parts of a
division
are
determined
by
observing
what line on the
vernier
coincides
with a line on the
instrument..
Sixteenmo
::
Sixteenmo
(n.) See
Sextodecimo.
Hemina
::
Hemina
(n.) A
measure
of half a
sextary.
Intercalary
::
Intercalary
(a.)
Inserted
or
introduced
among
others
in the
calendar;
as, an
intercalary
month,
day, etc.; -- now
applied
particularly
to the odd day (Feb. 29)
inserted
in the
calendar
of leap year. See
Bissextile,
n..
Altimeter
::
Altimeter
(n.) An
instrument
for
taking
altitudes,
as a
quadrant,
sextant,
etc..
Forestaff
::
Forestaff
(n.) An
instrument
formerly
used at sea for
taking
the
altitudes
of
heavenly
bodies,
now
superseded
by the
sextant;
--
called
also
cross-staff..
Sextic
::
Sextic
(n.) A
quantic
of the sixth
degree.
Sextonry
::
Sextonry
(n.)
Sextonship.
Sextoness
::
Sextoness
(n.) A
female
sexton;
a
sexton's
wife.
Sexto
::
Sexto (n.) A book
consisting
of
sheets
each of which is
folded
into six
leaves.
Bissextile
::
Bissextile
(n.) Leap year; every
fourth
year, in which a day is added to the month of
February
on
account
of the
excess
of the
tropical
year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is
equivalent
to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the
excess
of the real year.
Hence,
it is
necessary
to
suppress
the
bissextile
day at the end of every
century
which is not
divisible
by 400, while it is
retained
at the end of those which are
divisible
by 400..
Sextodecimos
::
Sextodecimos
(pl. ) of
Sextodecim.
Observation
::
Observation
(n.)
Specifically,
the act of
measuring,
with
suitable
instruments,
some
magnitude,
as the time of an
occultation,
with a
clock;
the right
ascension
of a star, with a
transit
instrument
and
clock;
the sun's
altitude,
or the
distance
of the moon from a star, with a
sextant;
the
temperature,
with a
thermometer,
etc..
Sextuple
::
Sextuple
(a.)
Divisible
by six;
having
six
beats;
as,
sixtuple
measure..
Leap Year
::
Leap year ()
Bissextile;
a year
containing
366 days; every
fourth
year which leaps over a day more than a
common
year,
giving
to
February
twenty-nine
days. See
Bissextile..
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