Sextile Definition

sĕkstīl, -stəl
adjective
Designating this aspect.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the position of two celestial bodies when they are 60° apart.
American Heritage
noun
The aspect of two celestial bodies 60 degrees, or one sixth of a circle, apart.
Webster's New World

(statistics) The specific term used for a quantile of six equal proportions.

Wiktionary
Statistics Any of the subsets thus obtained.
Wiktionary

A segment that is a sixth of the whole.

Wiktionary
(astronomy) A sextile aspect or position.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sextile

Noun

Singular:
sextile
Plural:
sextiles

Origin of Sextile

  • Latin sextīlis one sixth from sextus sixth s(w)eks in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sextīlis one sixth, from sextus sixth + īlis -ile.

    From Wiktionary

Sextile Sentence Examples

  • Pluto sextile Saturn Saturn sextile Pluto offers great strength of purpose and the ability to hold tightly to principles and beliefs.

  • Traditionally, the trine and sextile are benefic aspects, while the square, opposition and quincunx are considered malefic.

  • Venus sextile Mercury The sextile formed between Mercury and Venus shows grace and skill in your speech and writing.

  • At the waxing sextile and the waning trine of every cycle, when Pluto returns to Scorpio, such a protracted aspect happens.

  • Venus is now 1 ' from the MC and Saturn is in its detriment in the 12th but still making a sextile to Venus.

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Words Starting With

SSESEX

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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