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Sextant (disambiguation)

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Sextant may refer to:

  • Sextant, a navigation instrument
  • Octant, a navigation instrument, precursor to the navigator's sextant
  • Sextant (astronomical), a non-reflecting astronomical instrument for measuring angles
  • Mural sextant, a non-reflecting, wall-mounted astronomical instrument for measuring the altitude of a celestial object
  • Sextant (album), by Herbie Hancock
  • Cairo Conference, held in Cairo, Egypt in 1943 codenamed SEXTANT

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