sextant

Summary

sextant ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,023 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• sextant is credited with the discovery of John Bird^[2].
• sextant is credited with the discovery of Abu-Mahmud Khojandi^[3].
• sextant is a type of reflecting instrument^[4].
• sextant is a type of navigational instrument^[5].
• sextant is a type of astronomical instrument^[6].
• sextant's Commons category is recorded as Sextants^[7].
• sextant began on 1757^[8].
• sextant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sextants^[9].
• sextant's Commons gallery is recorded as Sextant^[10].
• sextant's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• sextant's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• sextant's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• sextant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• sextant's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[15].
• sextant's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10^[16].
• sextant's replaces is recorded as octant^[17].
• sextant's replaces is recorded as astrolabe^[18].
• sextant's used by is recorded as navigator^[19].
• sextant's different from is recorded as Sextant^[20].
• sextant's different from is recorded as Sekstant^[21].
• sextant's different from is recorded as Sextante^[22].
• sextant's different from is recorded as Sestante^[23].
• sextant's user manual URL is recorded as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Using_sextant_swing.gif^[24].
• sextant's measures is recorded as angle^[25].
• sextant's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include reflecting instrument^[4], navigational instrument^[5], and astronomical instrument^[6].

Use and Application

sextant's used by is recorded as navigator^[19].

Influence

Things named for sextant include Rejs Roku - Srebrny Sekstant^[27], an award^[28], in Poland^[29], founded in 1970^[30].

Why It Matters

sextant ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,023 views/month).^[1] sextant has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] sextant is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for sextant include Rejs Roku - Srebrny Sekstant^[27], an award^[28], in Poland^[29], founded in 1970^[30].