sextile

American  

[sek-stil, -stahyl] / ˈsɛk stɪl, -staɪl /

adjective

1. Astronomy. noting or pertaining to the aspect or position of two heavenly bodies when 60° distant from each other.

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noun

1. Astronomy. a sextile position or aspect.

2. Astrology. a sextile position or aspect, conducive to mental stimulation.

3. Statistics. a quantile for the special case of six equal proportions.

sextile British  

/ ˈsɛkstaɪl /

noun

1. statistics one of five actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into six groups with equal frequencies

2. astrology astronomy an aspect or position of 60° between two planets or other celestial bodies

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Etymology

Origin of sextile

1550–60; < Latin sextīlis, equivalent to sext ( us ) sixth + -īlis -ile

Example Sentences

He will have Sun sextile Jupiter, which gives vision and ideas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jupiter in the seventh house denotes rank and dignity by marriage, and Mars in sextile foretells successful wars.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

He has Jupiter in the ascending node, Venus regarding in the sextile.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

The professors of this art recognised five planetary aspects, viz., opposition, conjunction, sextile, square, and trine, each possessing its peculiar kind of influence on events.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

He casts nativities as gamesters do false dice, and by slurring and palming sextile, quartile, and trine, like six, quatre, trois, can throw what chance he pleases.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various