Spica Definition

spīkə
spica, spicas
noun
A spike, as of a flower.
Webster's New World
A kind of bandage wrapped back and forth with spiral overlapping around parts of a joint.
Webster's New World
A binary, variable star, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo: magnitude, 0.98
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.

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Other Word Forms of Spica

Noun

Singular:
spica
Plural:
spicas

Origin of Spica

  • Latin Spīca from spīca ear of grain

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

  • Latin spīca virginis "Virgo's ear of grain"

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin spīca ear of grain (from its shape)

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

Spica Sentence Examples

  • All that is certainly known about the antiquity of the sieu is that they were well established in the 3rd century B.C. Their initial point at the autumnal equinox marked by Kio (Spica Virginis) suits a still later date; and there is no valid evidence that the modern series resulted from the rectification of an older superannuated arrangement, analogous to the Krittika sequence of nakshatras.

  • My dad along with his friend made Lydia a hip spica seat.

  • She was given a thumb spica plaster after closed reduction of the dislocation.

  • This young lady is in a hip spica plaster following surgery.

  • The constellation's brightest star, Spica, follows the Big Dipper.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPI

Words Ending With

ACAICA

Unscrambles

spica

Words Starting With S and Ending With A

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