Tłumaczenia dla hasła „sextant“ w angielsko » polski słowniku

sextant [ˈsekstənt] RZ. NAUT., LOT.

sextant

sekstant r.m.

Przykłady jednojęzyczne (niezredagowane i niesprawdzone przez PONS)

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However, unlike the backstaff, the sextant allows direct observations of stars.

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He suggested that the angle be increased to 120, yielding the sextant.

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In addition to these types, there are terms used for various sextants.

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In wood and ivory, their relatively low price compared to an all-brass sextant made them a popular instrument.

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When up on deck, he actually uses a makeshift sextant to get the ship's latitude.

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Index correction should be checked, using the horizon or more preferably a star, each time the sextant is used.

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The third crewman station had the sextant for celestial navigation and the defensive electronic counter measures equipment.

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Sectors with other central angles are sometimes given special names, these include quadrants (90), sextants (60) and octants (45).

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Originally navigators used an astrodome and regular sextant but the more streamlined periscopic sextant was used from the 1940s to the 1990s.

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The purpose of this type of sextant was to get an accurate position of a ship at sea.

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