quintant [kwin-tnt] ExamplesWord Origin noun Navigation.
- a sextant having an arc equal to one fifth of a circle.
Origin of quintant 1675–85; quint- (Latin quīntus fifth) + -ant (as in quadrant) Examples from the Web for quintant Historical Examples of quintant
My quintant was first wrested from my coxswain, who in a tone of grief made me known the circumstance.
Edward Wilson Landor
The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sextant.
William Henry Smyth
An instrument used instead of a sextant, quintant, or quadrant; but the quintant embraces as much—viz.
William Henry Smyth