microscopium

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Definition of microscopium in English English dictionary

A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus

a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Sagittarius and Capricornus

Hyphenation

Mi·cro·sco·pi·um

Etymology

() Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin microscopium, a "microscope"