quintante - meaning and definition. What is quintante
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What (who) is quintante - definition


Quintante      
m. Ant.
Instrumento náutico, para tomar a altura do Sol.
(De "quinto")
quintante      
sm (quinto+ante) ant Náut Instrumento semelhante ao sextante, com a diferença de abranger apenas um quinto do círculo.
quintante      
s.m. (-1858 cf. MS 6 )
-aer astr mar ant. instrumento de navegação destinado a medir ângulos, dispondo de lâmina graduada correspondente à quinta parte do círculo (72°) F cf. quadrante e sextante
-etim quinto, no modelo de sextante ; f.hist. 1858 quintànte