Horologium Definition

hôrə-lōjē-əm, hŏr-
noun
A S constellation near Eridanus: essentially a large area with few bright objects.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.

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Origin of Horologium

  • Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Hōrologium Oscillitorium (Latin for "pendulum clock") to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin hōrologium horologe horologe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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