Sagitta Definition

sə-jĭtə
noun
A small N constellation between Vulpecula and Aquila.
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The keystone of an arch.

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(geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.

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(anatomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.

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pronoun

(astronomy) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.

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Origin of Sagitta

  • From Latin sagitta (“arrow").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin sagitta arrow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sagitta Sentence Examples

  • Only three genera, Sagitta, Spadella and Krohnia, are recognised, and the number of species is small.

  • Let r1 be the radius of the large end of each, ri that of the small end, r, that of the middle; and let Ii be the sagitta, measured perpendicular to the axes, of the arc by whose revolution each of the conoids is generated, or, in other words, the bulging of the conoids in the middle of their length.

  • In the 5th century B.C. the Athenian astronomer Euctemon, according to Geminus of Rhodes, compiled a weather calendar in which Aquarius, Aquila, Canis major, Corona, Cygnus, Delphinus, Lyra, Orion, Pegasus, Sagitta and the asterisms Hyades and Pleiades are mentioned, always, however, in re Corvus.

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