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telescopium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tele-scopi-um
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.

Etymology

The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Telescopii

Questions

What does telescopium mean?
A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
Where does telescopium come from?
The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)

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