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Definition: Antlia |
AntliaNoun1. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | See constellation.Abbreviation Ant, Antl. (references) |
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| Antlia | |
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| Abbreviation | Ant |
| Genitive | Antliae |
| Meaning in English | the Pump |
| Right ascension | 10h |
| Declination | - 90° |
| Visible to latitude | Between +45° and - 90° |
| On meridian | April |
| Area - Total | Ranked 62nd 239 sq. deg. |
| Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 | 0 |
| Brightest star - Apparent magnitude | α Ant 4.25 |
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The constellation Antlia (Latin for pump) is a relatively new constellation as it was only created in the 18th century. The IAU adopted it as one of the 88 modern constellations. Beginning at the north, Antlia is surrounded by the sea monster Hydra, the compass Pyxis, the sails (Vela) of the mythological ship Argo and finally the centaur Centaurus.
Antlia is a faint constellation void of bright stars. Its least faint star is:
The French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de La Caille created 13 constellations for the southern sky to fill some star poor regions, among them Antlia. It was originally denominated Antlia pneumatica (Latin for the air pump invented by Robert Boyle) which is why in English this constellation is also often called Air Pump.
It is interesting to note that no attempt seems to have been made to assign Bayer letters according to their apparent brightness.
There is no mythology attached to Antlia as La Caille discontinued the tradition of giving names from mythology to constellations and instead chose mostly names of instruments used in science.
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Crosswords: Antlia |
| English words defined with "Antlia": Antilae ♦ pyxis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Antlia": Ant, Antl.. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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antlia | 2 |
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| Words rhyming with "Antlia" (pronounced 'Ant"li*a'): Abdominalia, Acholia, Alalia, Aurelia, Bacchanalia, Cerealia, Coelia, Dahlia, Generalia, Grindelia, Linguatulida, lobelia, Lupercalia, magnolia, Mammalia, Marginalia, melancholia, Nebalia, Neuroglia, Paraphernalia, Penetralia, Physalia, Prosocoelia, Pseudocoelia, Quinquennalia, replica, Rosalia, Saturnalia, stapelia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-n-t" | |
-1 letter: alant, lanai, liana, natal. | |
-2 letters: alan, alit, anal, anil, anta, anti, lain, lati, lint, nail, tail, tain, tala, tali. | |
-3 letters: aal, ail, ain, ait, ala, alt, ana, ani, ant, lat, lin, lit, nil, nit, tan, til, tin. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, al, an, at, in, it, la, li, na, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-n-t" | |
+1 letter: actinal, alation, anality, fantail, lanital, matinal, platina, tailfan, valiant. | |
+2 letters: ablating, ablation, agential, alations, alginate, alienate, aliquant, allanite, analcite, analytic, annalist, antalgic, anthelia, antileak, antimale, aventail, banality, bangtail, brantail, calamint, claimant, dentalia, dilatant, fantails, galivant, halation, inhalant, laitance, laminate, lanitals, lavation, laxation, mantilla, nasality, natality, national, nautical, notarial, palatine, plantain, platinas, rational, santalic, staminal, tailfans, talapoin, talisman, tantalic, valiants. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6E 74 6C 69 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -. - .-.. .. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A n t l i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006E 0074 006C 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358086787567 |
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