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microscopium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cro-scopi-um
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).

Derived Forms

Microscopii

Questions

What does microscopium mean?
A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.
Where does microscopium come from?
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).

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