octant

See also: Octant

English

A nautical octant

Etymology

From Latin octāns. Doublet of Octans.

Noun

octant (plural octants)

1. The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
2. (astrology) The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart.
3. (geometry) The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant.
4. (nautical) An instrument for measuring angles, particularly of elevation.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): octile

Translations

nautical instrument

• Arabic: ثُمْن m (ṯumn), ثُمُن m (ṯumun)
• Bulgarian: октант (oktant)
• Finnish: oktantti (fi)
• Galician: octante (gl) m
• Italian: ottante m
• Japanese: 八分儀 (ja) (hachibungi)
• Ottoman Turkish: اوقتانت (oktant)
• Russian: окта́нт (ru) m (oktánt)
• Swedish: kvadrant c, oktant (sv) c
• Turkish: oktant (tr)

See also

• quadrant
• sextant

Anagrams

• Catton

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

octant m (plural octanten, diminutive octantje n)

1. octant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tɑ̃/

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Noun

octant m (plural octants)

1. octant (all senses)

Further reading

• “octant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French octant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /okˈtant/

Noun

octant n (plural octante)

1. octant

Declension

Declension of octant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) octant	octantul	(niște) octante	octantele
genitive/dative	(unui) octant	octantului	(unor) octante	octantelor
vocative	octantule		octantelor

Further reading

• octant in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)