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circinus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
circi-nus
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin circinus (“a pair of compasses”)

Derived Forms

Circini

Questions

What does circinus mean?
A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.
Where does circinus come from?
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin circinus (“a pair of compasses”)

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