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Definition of octant

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Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9Oï¿½, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant..

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Octant :: Octant (n.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

Trioctile :: Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other..

Octant :: Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9Oï¿½, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant..

Octile :: Octile (n.) Same as Octant, 2..

Octant :: Octant (n.) One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coordinate planes.

Octant :: Octant (n.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees..