Octans

Octans

See also: octans

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin octans (“an octant”). Doublet of octant.

Proper noun

Octans

1. (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.

Derived terms

• Octantis

Translations

a circumpolar constellation

Arabic: الثُّمْن‎ (aṯ-ṯumn), الثُّمُن‎ (aṯ-ṯumun) Chinese: Mandarin: 南極座／南极座 (zh) (Nánjízuò) Finnish: Oktantti (fi) French: Octant (fr) Galician: Octante (gl) German: Oktant m Irish: an tOchtamhán m Italian: Ottante f Kazakh: Октант (Oktant) Malay: Sesiku Polish: Oktant (pl) m Russian: Октант (ru) (Oktant) Spanish: Octans

Anagrams

• Cantos, Caston, actons, cantos, cast on

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Octans

1. genitive singular of Octan