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Webster 1913 Edition


Sectant

Sec′tant

,
Noun.
[L.
secare
,
sectum
, to cut.]
One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif.
(Crystallog.)
, one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.

Definition 2024


sectant

sectant

English

Noun

sectant (plural sectants)

  1. One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.
  2. (crystallography) One of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.