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

(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

Finnish: Mikroskooppi (fi)
French: Microscope (fr) m
Galician: Microscopio (gl)
German: Mikroskop (de) n
Irish: an Micreascóp m

Malay: Mikroskop
Polish: Mikroskop (pl) m
Russian: Микроскоп (Mikroskop)
Spanish: Microscopium

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