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)

• Finnish: Harppi (fi)
• 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

Spanish

Proper noun

Circinus ?

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