Sextile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to the position of two celestial bodies when they are 60° apart.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or noting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
  • n. The specific term used for a quantile of six equal proportions.
  • n. statistics Any of the subsets thus obtained.
  • n. A segment that is a sixth of the whole.
  • n. A sextile aspect or position.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
  • n. The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: ✶.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In astrology, noting the aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees or two signs.
  • n. The aspect of two planets, or of the sun and a planet, when they are at a distance of 60 degrees from each other.
  • Word Usage
    "That there was this triple configuration on that day ” namely the sextile of Saturn and the Sun, the sextile of Mars and Jupiter, and the quadrature of Mercury and Mars, is proved by the change of weather; for after a frost of some days, that very day became warmer, there was a thaw and a fall of rain.”"
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