Microscopium

See also: microscopium

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).

Proper noun

Microscopium

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

Derived terms

• Microscopii

Translations

faint constellation of the southern spring sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯微鏡座 / 显微镜座 (zh) (Xiǎnwēijìngzuò)

• Finnish: Mikroskooppi (fi)
• French: Microscope (fr) m
• Galician: Microscopio (gl)
• German: Mikroskop (de) n
• Irish: an Micreascóp m
• Kazakh: Микроскоп (Mikroskop)
• Malay: Mikroskop
• Polish: Mikroskop (pl) m
• Russian: Микроскоп (Mikroskop)
• Spanish: Microscopium