sextile
Meanings
Adjective
- Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
Noun
- A quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained.
- A segment that is a sixth of the whole.
- A sextile aspect or position.
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Origin
- From Latin sextīlis ("one sixth"), from sextus + īlis.
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