SEXTILE
\sˈɛksta͡ɪl], \sˈɛkstaɪl], \s_ˈɛ_k_s_t_aɪ_l]\
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The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: .
By Oddity Software
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The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: .
By Noah Webster.
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Denoting the aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other 60 degrees or two signs. "The moon receives the dusky light we discern in its sextile aspect from the earth's benignity."-Glanville. Used also as a noun.
By Daniel Lyons
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).