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SEXTANS

\sˈɛkstənz], \sˈɛkstənz], \s_ˈɛ_k_s_t_ə_n_z]\

Definitions of SEXTANS

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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seks'tanz, n. an ancient Roman bronze coin, worth one-sixth of the as.--adjs. SEX'TANTAL; SEX'TIC, of the sixth degree. [L.,--sex, six.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

The sixth part of a pound.-Galen.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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