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- Latin · derived fromcircinus“a pair of compasses”
- English todayCircinus
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin circinus (“a pair of compasses”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Circinus
Today it means: A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe. Full definition →
Latin circinus