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sextile |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sextile \Sex"tile\, a. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sextile \Sex"tile\, n. [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: ********. --Hutton.
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