Assertion: sextant | /r/ObjectUse | used as navigational device
Facets:
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: This symbol by all accounts looks just like a traditional sextant, but instead of being one single tool or instrument as a sextant is, it remains in this symbol as three separate instruments (or two, as sometimes arcs were actually connected to compasses as a single instrument) with different purposes than a sextant, which was usually used as a navigational device.