octant

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for octant

octant 🔊

octant : අෂ්ටම භාගස්ථානය

octant : අෂ්ටකය

octant : චක්‍රයෙන් අටෙන් පංගුව

octant : අෂ්ටමකය

octant definition

Noun.

  1. The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
  2. 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.
  3. An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant.
  4. One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coordinate planes.