"Octans" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin octans (“an octant”). Doublet of octant. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|octans||an octant}} Latin octans (“an octant”), {{doublet|en|octant}} Doublet of octant Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, Octans Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Octantis Translations (a circumpolar constellation): الثُّمْن (aṯ-ṯumn) (Arabic), الثُّمُن (aṯ-ṯumun) (Arabic), 南極座 (Chinese Mandarin), 南极座 (Nánjízuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Oktantti (Finnish), Octant (French), Octante (Galician), Oktant [masculine] (German), an tOchtamhán [masculine] (Irish), Ottante [feminine] (Italian), Октант (Oktant) (Kazakh), Sesiku (Malay), Oktant [masculine] (Polish), Октант (Oktant) (Russian), Octans (Spanish)

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