Circinus

Circinus

See also: circinus

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Circinus

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

Derived terms

• Circini

Translations

a small constellation of the southern winter sky

Chinese: Mandarin: 圓規座／圆规座 (zh) (Yuánguīzuò) French: Compas (fr) m Galician: Compás (gl) German: Zirkel (de) m Irish: an Compás m Japanese: コンパス座 (ja) Kazakh: Циркуль (Sirkul) Korean: 컴퍼스자리 (keompeoseujari) Malay: Kompas Polish: Cyrkiel (pl) m Russian: Ци́ркуль (ru) m (Církulʹ) Spanish: Circinus

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Spanish

Proper noun

Circinus ?

1. (astronomy) Circinus (a small constellation of the southern winter sky)