Word origin · etymology
Latin borrowing.
Latin sextilus means sixth, from sextus. The aspect is one sixth of the circle.
How we know · epistemology
Angular criterion
The relationship is near one sixth of a circle. Treating it as cooperation or opportunity is an interpretive convention; the angular measurement cannot establish that an opportunity exists.
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