"lituus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪtju.əs/ Forms: litui [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|lituus}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus Head templates: {{en-noun|litui}} lituus (plural litui)
  1. A military trumpet.
    Sense id: en-lituus-en-noun-fHn0mCdU
  2. An augur's staff with a recurved top.
    Sense id: en-lituus-en-noun-aCuVzXqk
  3. (geometry) A curve with polar equation r²θ=a², where a is a constant. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry
    Sense id: en-lituus-en-noun-NgEq59DG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 10 87 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lituate, lituiform

Inflected forms

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