Noah Webster
Octant
OC'TANT, noun [Latin octans, an eighth part, from octo, eight.]
In astronomy, that aspect of two planets in which they are distant from each other the eighth part of a circle or 45 degrees.
OC'TANT, noun [Latin octans, an eighth part, from octo, eight.]
In astronomy, that aspect of two planets in which they are distant from each other the eighth part of a circle or 45 degrees.