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Webster 1913 Edition


Sextile

Sex′tile

,
Adj.
[F.
sextil
, fr. L.
sextus
the sixth, from
sex
six. See
Six
.]
(Astrol.)
Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
Glanvill.

Sex′tile

,
Noun.
[Cf. F. aspect
sextil
.]
(Astrol.)
The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: [8star].
Hutton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sextile

SEX'TILE

,
Noun.
[L. sextilis, from sex, six.] Denoting the aspect or position of two planets, when distant from each other 60 degrees or two signs. This position is marked thus*.

Definition 2024


sextile

sextile

English

Adjective

sextile (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.

Noun

sextile (plural sextiles)

  1. (statistics) The specific term used for a quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained.
  2. A segment that is a sixth of the whole.
  3. (astronomy, astrology) A sextile aspect or position.

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Latin

Adjective

sextīle

  1. nominative neuter singular of sextīlis
  2. accusative neuter singular of sextīlis
  3. vocative neuter singular of sextīlis