Triangulum Australe Definition

ô-strālē
noun
A S constellation between Apus and Norma.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Southern Triangle
pronoun

(astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, which has three bright stars that form a triangle. It lies north of the constellation Apus, between Ara and Circinus.

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Origin of Triangulum Australe

  • Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin triangulum, a "triangle" + australe, "southern".

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin Latin triangulum triangle Latin austrālis southern

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

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