Hyphenation of sextant

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sextant? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sex-tant

Definitions of sextant:

1.
A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
2.
A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects
Resembles an octant

Synonyms of sextant:

nounangular unit
nounmeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

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