octant
Hindi
octant का अर्थ हिंदी में
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English
octant meaning in English • octant का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
Noun
- The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
- 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.
- 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>.
- One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coördinate planes.