Circinus Definition

sûrsə-nəs
noun
A S constellation near Centaurus.
Webster's New World
pronoun

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

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Origin of Circinus

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

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin from Latin circinus pair of compasses from circus circle circle

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

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