Assertion: sextant | /r/HasProperty | nautical
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text: As nouns the difference between sextant and astrolabe is that sextant is (nautical) a navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude while astrolabe is an astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the sun and stars.
text: Even in the age of GPS, the navigator’s basic tools remain the same: sextant, timepiece, nautical almanac.