Octans

See also: octans

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin octans (“an octant”).

Proper noun

Octans

1. (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.

Derived terms

• Octantis

Translations

a circumpolar constellation

• Finnish: Oktantti (fi)
• French: Octant (fr)
• Galician: Octante (gl)
• German: Oktant m
• Irish: an tOchtamhán m
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• Italian: ottante f
• Malay: Sesiku
• Polish: Oktant (pl) m
• Russian: Октант (ru) (Oktant)
• Spanish: Octans

Anagrams

• Cantos, Caston, actons, cantos, cast on

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German

Noun

Octans

1. genitive singular of Octan