What does "sextile" mean?
Sextile: Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.
Additional senses
- 2.The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: Hutton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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