Circinus
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See also: circinus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin circinus (“a pair of compasses”)
Proper noun[edit]
Circinus
- (astronomy) A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a small constellation of the southern winter sky
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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